Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Miro, You may be better off sending a Leica to a trusted repair facility in North America, like Don Goldberg or Sherry Krauter in the US, or Kindermann in Canada. Check with them first before you send anything. My experience with Nikon repair service within the US is that 9 weeks is quick service. BTW if you've never had a problem with Nikon bodies you've probably never had a Photomic meter head on an F body. Early F2 bodies had their share of bugs, too. Other than the meter heads my Nikons were indestructible (except for operator error) but I gladly sold 'em when I saw what the Leica-R lenses can do to Kodachrome. On Fri, 18 August 2000, "Miro Jurcevic" wrote: > > Hi Doug, > > A CLA in Australia is a 50-50 chance of going back to Germany. That's 9 > weeks round trip. On top of that, most dealers with a serious problem, will > not CLA the camera at the importer, but rather with a small technical > workshop that gives dealer kickbacks. > > The prices of bodies is so artificially high that it doesn't pay to have the > CLA as part of the dealer warranty, the dealers much prefer to give a refund > than lose the 20% profit in repairs. > > Miro > > > Miro, > > > > When purchasing used equipment of any brand I figure I'm gonna have to CLA > it before long, unless the equipment has recent CLA papers. This is one of > the unwritten rules of photography on the cheap, at least as I have > practiced it. Except that now I've written it. > > > > > > Doug Herr > > Sacramento Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Visit the Northwestern Alumni Association portal page at http://www.nualumni.com to get free web-based e-mail and many other exciting features.