Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Douglas, I can recommend Will van Manen in the Netherlands: https://www.kamera-service.info/index.php/en/rollei I have used them in the past for CLA on Leica, with excellent results. And keeping everything within the EU makes the shipping easier too, no customs declarations etc. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 11 Mar 2021, at 02:00, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > I know there are people with Rolleiflexes on this list, so apologies as I > commit heresy here. > > I have three - a Planar 2.8 (up in the attic so inaccessible just now), a > T s/n 2,117,7## from July 1959, an Automat s/n 1,251,9xx from Dec '51 to > Jan '52 - so decided to run run their shutters through the speeds and > noticed the T seems slow at the higher speeds. Any ideas where I can find > the most accurate way of checking the speeds for discrepancies? It > probably needs a CLA, but that's a hunt for another day. > > I also noticed that the T based on the serial number range on the > Rolleiclub page is supposed to be in grey leather, but mine is black. I > presume their list isn't gospel? On the Automat which works fine, its > black leather has small brown scuff marks, so I suppose shoe polish will > do the trick there, or is there a better remedy? > > Thanks > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information