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

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Amazingly On topic!! Lens CLA
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Wed Jun 8 21:21:19 2005
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I think Focal Point costs are $75-$150 for coating.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Ladner"Subject: Re: [Leica] Amazingly On topic!! Lens CLA


> 
> 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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