Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Karen, I believe you were referring to Kanto Camera Service in Osaka. They fabricate most Leica parts and can literally rebuild any Leica cameras. They also manufacture several Nikon parts and a couple of years ago they rebuilt my Nikon F and painted it black at the same time. The bill came to over $1,000! Bests, Joseph on 24/7/03 8:16 pm, Karen Nakamura at mail@gpsy.com wrote: > I believe it's already the practice in Japan, but our laws allow only > authorized repair stations to have parts. So only SiberHegny, the > authorized Leica seller has them. > > What has happened, though, is that one of the largest repair places > (I forgot their name but can look it up) manufactures its own repair > parts, which means it can fix anything from a Leica I to a M6. > > Good, but in Japan people are used to paying $500-800 for an > overhaul. In the U.S., I don't think we're that rich yet. > > Karen - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html