Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/30

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Subject: [Leica] M3 CLA/oevrhaul
From: ISILVERMN at aol.com (ISILVERMN@aol.com)
Date: Sat Jun 30 22:22:39 2007

Hi Alex,
 
Over the past few years, I've had a CL repaired by Sherry and a CLE done on  
an M-4 and two lenses by Steve Choi.  I can vouch for both of them.
 
Sherry needs no introduction, her work is first rate.  I sent the CL  to her 
since she had worked on it for the original owner.
 
Steve's storefront is an hour's drive for me, so that enters the equation  
in 
my case.  His work was exemplary, and he committed to a 4-week  turnaround 
on 
the M-4 and finished in 3.  He was careful to explain what he  would be 
doing 
and took the time to give me a tour of his shop.  It was, to  say the least, 
impressive.
 
I would not hesitate to use either.
 
Best Regards,
 
Ira Silverman
Irvine, California
 
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:57:51 +0200, Alex _alex@zabrovsky.com_ 
(mailto:alex@zabrovsky.com)  wrote:

Hello fellow LUGers, need your opinions, mostly backed up by personal  
experiences.
A friend of mine managed to figure two non-funcional M3  bodies (stack 
shutters, problematic frame counters (do not reset), cocking  operation, 
RF misalignment, ...) and we're considering sending them for a  good CLA 
(or shoudl I consider complete overhaul in our case). I have been  
checking several options in US, such as DAG, Youxin Ye, Steve Choi,  
Sherry Krauter quering al of them by email their estimation and turn  
around times.
Most roughly estimated within approx. 220-275 US$ (if no  major repair is 
necessary) including labor and parts, there were though  somewhat cheaper 
options also.
I have heard good things abour DAG,  Sherry, however know very little 
about Youxin and Steve.
I'd appreciate  your opinions about the latter two, and Youxin in 
particular. I'll be  grateful for any experiences with them, are you 
satisfied by the quality and  promised turn-around times ? Was the 
communication with them prompt  ?

Thanks, Alex




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