Re: [Leica] Repair help?

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Dante

Yes, $112 to CLA a finder, but if you bring it to them
in pieces, the price will probably double.

A few well known repair techs in NYC and environs used
to charge twice the normal price for what they called
"shoebox" cameras.

Jerry

Dante Stella wrote:

> There is no screw; the finders were glued together.  Leica wants $112 to
> service those finders.
>
> Cheers
> ------------
> Dante Stella
>
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Donna-Lee Phillips wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know a repair person who will do a very simple reassemble of
> > a 21 mm bright line finder? It is chrome, rectangular, and came with my
> > 21 Super Angulon and M-2. I took it apart in 1984 because some humidity
> > had got inside the thing, but before I could get the black paint
> > replaced and the finder reassembled, I was in a brain-injuring auto
> > accident. I am just now relearning to use my Leicas, and could probably
> > put the finder back together, but I no longer have the hand-eye
> > coordination required, and can't even see a screw the size of the
> > missing one.
> >
> > It requires only some black paint on the edges of the optical glass,
> > straightening out the little piece of glass with the "bright line" so it
> > is correctly positioned, and that one tiny screw on the eyepiece.
> >
> > Sherry Krauter doesn't work on "old model finders". The list of repair
> > facilities I have is more than two years out of date. Someone
> > recommended a place two years ago when I inquired, some in Canada, but I
> > let the box sit around so long I lost the label... and there isn't any
> > Canadian listed on the list I have.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> >
> > Donna-Lee
> >
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