Re: [Leica] Re: To M7 or not to M7, c'est la question - LONG

["Doug Lee" <drlee9@earthlink.net>]

I know, I know... The Leica gods were just trying to teach me a lesson for
using the Canon. (-;

I had the 28-70 repaired by Canon for $250. Good as new (which is was when I
dropped it.)

Regards,
Doug

Douglas Richard Lee
Cinnaminson, NJ

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From: <SthRosner@aol.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: To M7 or not to M7, c'est la question - LONG


> In a message dated 7/3/02 8:18:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> drlee9@earthlink.net writes:
>
> > I broke the 28-70 (it took a
> >  header from about 5ft onto a carpeted floor while attached to an EOS-1V
HS.
> >  Broke in two. ) It snapped right at the base
>
> Thirty years ago at the Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi I dropped a 35/2
Summicron
> from just under 5 feet onto a hard tile bathroom floor. Bent bayonet
flange.
> Sent to Vinnie Fochtman, top lens guy at Leitz/Rockleigh, with request to
> examine and repair flange only if lens elements all perfectly centered and
> undamaged and mechanical functions flawless, otherwise return for me to
sell
> and replace. Lens back in two weeks, no charge. Vinnie said lens perfect
and
> he was able to "unbend" the bent flange to perfect alignment without
> replacing entire flange.
>
> That's what we pay for when we buy Leica cameras and lenses. The same
reason
> people used to buy Zeiss Ikon Contax cameras and lenses (you're welcome,
> Marc).
>
> Seth             LaK 9
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