Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08

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Subject: [Leica] Amazingly On topic!! Lens CLA
From: ealadner at comcast.net (Eric Ladner)
Date: Wed Jun 8 21:21:02 2005
References: <4dccee3d05060820194b2f9f14@mail.gmail.com> <636befe51fb6789511bf5907bb22b7e6@comcast.net>
 
I knew mold wasn't right--should have been fungus. Realized it as soon 
as I saw the message on the list.

--E

On Jun 8, 2005, at 9:02 PM, Eric Ladner wrote:

>
> On Jun 8, 2005, at 8:19 PM, David Mason wrote:
>
>> Can anyone tell me how much (roughly) a CLA for a lens might be?
>
> I'm looking forward to an answer on this, too, just out of curiosity. 
> I had a Summitar recoated, due to mold, sometime in the early '70s, 
> for $60. I think it was done by Leitz, though I couldn't swear to 
> that. Even then the common wisdom was that recoating wasn't worth it, 
> but Southwest Camera had another Summitar in the used case--for 
> $60--so I decided to get mine fixed, rather than take a chance of 
> getting someone else's lemon. I still use that lens, so I think the 
> cost is pretty well amortized.
>
> --Eric Ladner
>
>
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In reply to: Message from masonster at gmail.com (David Mason) ([Leica] Amazingly On topic!! Lens CLA)
Message from ealadner at comcast.net (Eric Ladner) ([Leica] Amazingly On topic!! Lens CLA)