Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] my contax t is dead as caesar
From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:33:45 -0500

All I can think of is Essex in New Jersey. Dante Stella indicated to me 
that they no longer make the parts for it, but Essex may be able to salvage 
it anyway. They have worked on 45-year-old uncommon rangefinders for me 
without flinching.

Jeffery

At 12:32 PM 6/30/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>:-(
>
>after a short, quick 3 foot trip onto concrete, my beloved contax t
>is no longer with the living.  actually, mechanically it appears fine
>except the corner near the shutter which looks like the front fender
>of a 61 impala that's met the proverbial concrete bridge abuttment.
>the counter shows double dashes and the shutter no longer fires.
>
>i know there are a couple of "T" afficianados out there... any repair
>shop left who can look at the carcass?  i hear contax disowns these
>prodigal sons.  if worse comes to worst, it should be good as a parts
>source; the lens and viewfinders is perfect; prior to my malfeasance
>this little gem was a mint -.
>
>-rei
>
>p.s. to assuage my loss, i went over to bergen county camera and picked
>      up a T3, filter adapter and hood.  without disrespect to the recently
>      departed, the T3 is a real hottie.
>
>--
>Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
>Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
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