Re: [Leica] leica repair nightmare

["Gerhard Paulman" <gerhardp@inch.com>]

Local shop.  I miss Marty of PCR in NY.  I'm not even sure the post Marty
PCR is there anymore.  I'll miss them too, if they are gone, but not as much
as Marty.

Gerhard
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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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