Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] leica repair nightmare
From: Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 15:05:51 -0800 (PST)

Part of the reason why we're a nation of "do it
yourselvers".

- --- Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
> about a year ago i banged my cos-vogt 35 1.7 and
> knocked the bottom plate
> loose. this plate, i discovered, is used to focus
> the lens. so, the lens no
> longer focused properly. finally, i got tired of
> using the jupiter again, so
> i took the cos-vogt to the local repair shoppe and
> asked if they could
> re-adjust the focus. two days later they call and
> ask if i can bring my
> camera in so that they can measure the distance to
> the focal plane while
> they're adjusting the film. so i drop off one of my
> leicas for them to use.
> two weeks later, i get an invoice in the mail for
> $400 (more than i paid for
> the lens). and on the invoice it says "adjust
> shutter mechanism" -- and my
> 35mm lens does not, as far as i know, have a
> "shutter mechanism" of any
> type. so i call the store and say "what the hell is
> going on?" they type up
> my invoice number and say "the shutter mech needed
> adjusting" i said "my
> lens doesn't have a shutter". he says "this is for a
> leica m3." i said "my
> leica m3 was not broken. my leica m3 was working
> perfectly. it was the lens
> that was not working." this guy didn't have any idea
> what i was talking
> about. he said he'd look around for the lens and
> call me back. i figured
> this wasn't the place for me to get anything fixed
> so i say "look, you go
> ahead and look for the lens, i'm coming by to get my
> camera." he says "well,
> i think ... i think your camera is in germany."
> 
> kc
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