Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Solms will repair them, and Fotomechanik Reinhardt (formerly Kielgas) here in Hannover will too - for a full CLA we're talking about prices that are more or less the same as getting a "new" second hand body (with the exception of rarer models and the IIIg). A full CLA with replacement parts on my IIIg in June cost a fixed price of 325 Euros (for LTMs) at Fotomechanik Reinhardt (he repairs almost anything mechanical and does a wonderful job, but don't ask him to do anything electronic - he won't touch it) Turnaround would have been about 10 days, but he went on holiday, then I went on holiday , so I finally got my camera back in August. Douglas Don Dory wrote: > Larry, > Correct, Leica USA will not work on LTM's. Solms will if you send the > camera to them. If you want to stay in NA then I would use DAG or > Kinderman. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 11/1/06, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote: >> >> >> On Nov 1, 2006, at 1:15 AM, Don wrote: >> >> > The >> > IIIG was last built in what 1960 and the company will still repair >> > it if you >> > send it off to Germany. >> >> >> Leica, USA said that my 1954 IIIf was too old for factory repair and >> referred me to DAG or Sherry Krauter. Sherry said she could repair it >> but she was too swamped with older Ms that Leica refused to repair in >> the USA. Canon has a 10 year limit on the availability of repairs for >> their cameras. Both Leica and Canon assert that the cost of repair of >> an older camera is often greater than the replacement value of the >> camera. Unless the camera has a sentimental value, it is better to >> amortize the cost over a reasonable period and plan on replacing it. >> Its sort of like the practice of dropping a half dollar into the gas >> tank every time you fill up the old jalopy. When you need a new car, >> take out the tank, cut it open, and use the proceeds for a down >> payment on a new one. If you put aside ten cents for every exposure >> you make, film or digital, you should have enough money in five years >> for a replacement camera. Even an M8. >> >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >