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Subject: [Leica] HELP!!!! - M3 disaster! Advice sought
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:42:04 +0200
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And in the Netherlands there is Will van Manen, who just overhauled my M2 
with excellent results and service. Michiel Fokkema has also used him on 
several occasions.

Cheers,
Nathan

Sendt fra min iPad

> Den 29. jul. 2018 kl. 20.04 skrev Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org>:
> 
> There is a person called Malcom Taylor that some of the Leica users in
> London used to swear by, and our own Luis Ripoll has also mentioned using
> his services a few times. I tried googling for him and found this, maybe
> you could ring him up:
> 
> https://aymestrey.cylex-uk.co.uk/company/malcolm-taylor-leica-specialist-14479425.html
> 
> https://www.getdpi.com/forum/leica/17082-recommended-malcolm-taylor.html
> 
> I have no personal experience with him. Lluis would be the person to
> contact in the LUG that I know of.
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> All,
>> 
>> travelling in France. I knocked my M3 off my bedside table and it fell
>> on to a floor of "tomette" tiles, landing square on its top plate.
>> Result is that I can only see the centre focussing rectangle and the
>> framelines.I presume that this means that I have somehow managed to
>> shake the viewfinder loose in some way.
>> 
>> (i) anyone got any smart ideas to fix it in the short term;
>> 
>> (ii) Obviously it needs to be properly fixed when I get back in two or
>> three weeks. Anyone got the name and address of a good M3 repairer in
>> the UK? I know it could go back to Leica, but I suspect they will charge
>> and arm and a leg and take forever, and as it non-current technology I
>> bet they won't be too keen.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> PS to make matters worse the IIIf is away for a CLA. I had thought about
>> Classic Camera and Red Dot in London but personal recommendations count
>> for a lot :-)
>> 
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