Re: [Leica] Repair help?

[John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>]

Sorry Tim,

I have had my Leitz 50 and 135 finders apart but not my 21. Gerry at 
Kindermann Canada was probably the Canadian person you were going to 
send it to. One of the best as far as I am concerned. See kindermann.ca 
for their address and phone number.

John Collier

On Monday, March 17, 2003, at 10:51 AM, Tim Atherton wrote:

> http://teachnet.edb.utexas.edu/~leica/repair.html
>
> http://nemeng.com/leica/007e.shtml
>
> I would think someone on here will be able to give you some good ideas 
> about
> repairs - John C?
>
>>> 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 facilities I have is more than two years out of date.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.

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