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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] leica repair nightmare
From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:39:43 -0500
References: <ECC6F7B330A26C40B652962C47DEA2581838F1@ASC02.asc.upenn.edu>

Kyle-
I'd check the statutes in your state for the elements of "Justifiable
Homicide"... As the Good Ole Boys down t' th' store usta say... "He needs
killin'..."    :o)
Dan ( Ommmmmmm, Ommmmmm, Ommmmanae padmae, Ommmmmmmm) Post

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From: "Kyle Cassidy" <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: [Leica] leica repair nightmare


> 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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