Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John: Gerry has done the CLA's on all my cameras including and M6. Kindermann has a fair price and very quick service. Gerry seems far from a collector. A few times I have sent him lenses or cameras and he has told me it is really not worth spending the time and money on such an old lens or camera. He is right most of the time. I sent him an old fixed mount 50mm Summicron that had coating marks and was slightly fogged. he told me not to waste my money cleaning it and to just find a better lens. I have since sold that lens to a local collector who is willing to go to the effort of getting it cleaned. For about what I sold the lens for and what I would have paid for a cleaning, I have bought a like new latest version chrome 50mm Summicron on Ebay. Most of my PAW has been shot with this new lens. Regards, Robert Regards, Robert At 09:16 AM 2/7/2002 -0700, John Collier wrote: >Every time I send my cameras into Gerry at Kindermann, he always phones with >the estimate and then informs me, in a voice heavily foreshadowing doom, >that there is nothing he can do about the terrible cosmetic condition of my >camera. There is absolutely no way it would even occur to him that you might >just scratch up the focusing ring and glue it on. The only way he would do >it is to disassemble the lens and drill the appropriate holes. Big bucks to >do! He is one of the best Leica techs on the planet and he does not bodge >things up; a source of great comfort to me and why I send all my work to >him. So this is where the you in Leica-Users comes in. You do the bodging >and let Gerry do the soft weeping. > >John Collier > >PS: a zip tie does a pretty good job as well and you can take it off if you >have to send it in. That will keep your Leica tech's tissue bills down. > > > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > > > > Took me about three minutes. But then I'm not the former Canadian Leica > > Importer, and I claim NO knowledge of camera repair or engineering of any > > sort. > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html