Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1992/04/07

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To: leica-users@decwrl.dec.com
Subject: Re: Leica Service & lens surgery
From: meastman@adobe.com (Mark Eastman)
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 12:50:16 PDT
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   > -Dyer (lytle@noao.edu)


I just had a IIIc overhauled by Cudabac Cameras in San Francisco.
They did a really nice job. They replaced both my dried-out shutter curtains thathad holes with brand new curtains that they make themselves. The material 
they use appears to be identical to the curtains in my M-4P). They also replaced my faded beamsplitter a brand new one that they have had fabricated.
The camera used to wheez at speeds below 1/100 and now it makes nice
clean snaps!  Focusing is crisp and sharp. The charged $175 and did the
work in about seven working days. They sent me a post card first with an
estimate to confirm before proceeding with the work. 

	Cudabac Cameras
	953 Mission Street Rm. 10-B
	San Francisco, CA 94103
	415-777-1862

After attending the local Mega-Photo-Swap (blur!) in San Jose I picked up a
solid scew mount 50mm 1.9 Canon Serenar very cheap ($45) But, alas, not 
cheap enough as I found large black paint flakes in it. The test roll came
out ok, But I'd like to dissassemble the lens to remove the paint chips between 
some of the elements (they appeared after cleaning around the aperture
ring with a minute amount of alcohol - oops). Does anyone know where one might
find a proper spanner wrench for this delicate operation?

Thanks,

Mark Eastman
meastman@adobe.com