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Subject: [Leica] Rollei repairs
From: mlgardner96 at mac.com (Michael Gardner)
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 22:51:36 -0500
References: <CA+3n+_nvwtncDPJ-KWZ-sKCxgBPHZXDNyQhm5snpQ9igP-WMHQ@mail.gmail.com>

Rolleirepairs.com, Harry Fleenor

Michael Gardner

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> On Mar 7, 2021, at 10:45 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> ?Rollie repair is a problem in the US.  Their is a shop in Atlanta,
> Peachtree Camera Repair.  If Bill is still working there then all your
> cameras can be repaired.   If Bill has left/ retired then not so much.
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 8:47 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
>> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>> 
>> A couple of months ago, two different film processing outfits opened in
>> Chennai, doing both B&W and E6, so I purchased some 35mm & 120 film -
>> Ilford and Kodak are available, and I am sure I can, with a bit of effort,
>> get Fuji as well. The two film cameras of mine that were available on hand
>> were a F3/T and a F100, so I loaded them up with TriX and shot a test roll
>> each, and they seem to be working OK. I plan to go on a film photo walk
>> sometime later this week, after 15+ years!
>> 
>> I took my Rollei TLR, Nikon F Photomic and Nikon F2AS out of storage
>> yesterday, and realised that all three require CLAs. Now I have to figure
>> out where I can get them done here. The technicians I used to go to 20
>> years ago have all shut up shop and disappeared, their businesses 
>> decimated
>> by the digital revolution. I am sure I can get the Nikons done here, but
>> not so sure about the Rollei. Any ideas on who are the people who service
>> Rollei TLRs in Europe and the USA?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 1:27 AM Daniel Ridings via LUG <lug at 
>> leica-users.org
>>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I don't want to clutter everyone's inbox, so I hope everyone will accept
>> a
>>> communal thanks from my side.
>>> 
>>> I've noticed that even out there in no man's land, it has been LUGers who
>>> have drawn my attention.
>>> 
>>> I apologize for picking up a Nikon F2 with the plain, unmetered prism
>> last
>>> week. First 'new' camera in ages.
>>> 
>>> Daniel
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 7 Mar 2021, 16:51 RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> nice to have you back here also
>>>> 
>>>> ric
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 6, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Daniel Ridings via LUG <
>>> lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> It's been a while. I guess I've wandered the scorching desert of FB
>> and
>>>>> even if there are nice things about meeting up with people from all
>>> over
>>>>> the world, I haven't run into more than a handful of familiar names.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can't explain why, but I've gone almost exclusively back to film,
>>>> starting
>>>>> about a year back. I suppose the pandemic is part of the reason. The
>>>>> pandemic combined with retirement (-ish) has led to plenty of time on
>>>> hand.
>>>>> I no longer need to stress my way through scans before a work day
>>>> begins. I
>>>>> have all day, if I want to.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've taken the opportunity to send in almost all my bodies and the
>> odd
>>>> lens
>>>>> for CLA's. I started with the III's. I was using them the most (I
>>> needed
>>>>> the diopter adjustment), but just in the last month I had my cataract
>>>>> treated (new lens in my eye) and can now focus an M.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is my part of my walk, corona walk, for the week. Nothing
>>> dramatic.
>>>>> The lack of drama is almost something I am trying to focus on. (Now
>>> that
>>>> I
>>>>> can ... with the M2).
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://flic.kr/p/2kHuj1P Lindome Centrum (to the pharmacy)
>>>>> https://flic.kr/p/2kHqaWG Under the tracks on the way back
>>>>> https://flic.kr/p/2kHtN1s Front yard
>>>>> https://flic.kr/p/2kHuiXY Front yard, cleaning up winter's bird feed
>>>>> https://flic.kr/p/2kHtMZq Kitchen table
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyway, I am going to try to discipline myself.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>> 
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