Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/30

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Repair.....
From: vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)
Date: Fri Nov 30 04:26:55 2007

Douglas

Well done.  I find it very satisfying to do my own work, and I develop a 
deeper bond to the item.  Makes it hard to sell, if the camera was obtained 
as a "catch and release" project.

...Vick


>From: Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica Repair.....
>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:11:32 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
>
>Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> >I do my own.
> >
> >But I also know where I won't go (as Clint Eastwood said - "a man's got 
>to
> >know his limits")
>
>I don't mess with shutter tensioning or timing, that's DAG work.  I've 
>replaced film advance return springs, anti-return (shutter capping stuff) 
>cams, battery compartments, pentaprisms, SS dials, advance & rewind levers; 
>adjusted meters & capping mechanism, de-gunked self timers, repaired meter 
>on/off switches.  All on the Leicaflex Standard and SL.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com



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