Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] leica repair nightmare
From: Arie <ariek@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 14:30:24 -0800
References: <ECC6F7B330A26C40B652962C47DEA2581838F1@ASC02.asc.upenn.edu> <002f01c1aad1$748b0840$35c5dfd8@ny.ladas.com>

PCR just closed a few months ago.  They were the best in NY.  Here in SF
Cudabek retired 3 years ago and I've yet to find anyone here that I trust.
So now with PCR gone I'm stuck
Arie


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerhard Paulman" <gerhardp@inch.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] leica repair nightmare


> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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