[Leica] Repairs by DAG

[wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)]

If I may I'd like to add another voice of praise for Don's work: he's very 
willing to do custom modifications to meet individual needs.  Don and I 
together worked out how to safely and inexpensively modify the SL and ROM 
lenses so they'd work together.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

-----Original Message-----
>From: summicron at comcast.net
>Sent: Jul 11, 2009 9:17 AM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Repairs by DAG
>
>Don also did great work on my M3.  He was a pleasure to deal with and the 
>camera runs perfectly!
>
>Frank Farmer
>Jackson, Miss.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: H. Ball Arche 
>To: Leica Users Group 
>Sent: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:06:26 +0000 (UTC)
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Repairs by DAG
>
>
>I have a sharkskin IIIc that I bought in 1984 in Chicago for $129; it came 
>with a trashed Summar as a body cap - the salesman wouldn't take any thing 
>off the price when I said I didn't want it - 'it's free'. I used this 
>camera a lot then, but the shutter often hung at 1/1000th. I took it back 
>twice and they sent it to Mid-state Cameras for repair, but they never 
>reached the problem. (as I'm selling a lot of stuff, I've been going 
>through all my old receipts).
>
>The camera sat for a long time, until about 2002 when I sent it to DAG to 
>see if he could do anything with it. The first trip he changed the curtains 
>because they were gummy, but on testing after I got it back it still hung 
>at a 1000th. (This is when I bought the other IIIc I'm now trying to sell - 
>I was beginning to believe this camera was a goner). Don took it back, 
>changed out the bearings for no additional charge, and now my sharkskin 
>runs perfectly.
>
>It has some brass pitting, is from 1949 (Phil, is yours a sharkskin?) and 
>will have to be pried from my cold dead fingers. I will always be grateful 
>to Don just for this, aside from having done something for nearly all of my 
>other Leicas.
>
>
>----- Original Message ----
>From: Phil Swango 
>To: LUG 
>Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 10:36:48 PM
>Subject: [Leica] Repairs by DAG
>
>Today I received a UPS delivery of my IIIc from Don Goldberg (DAG), the
>repair guy in Wisconsin.  He replaced a shutter curtain and generally
>cleaned things up.  The camera now looks and feels basically like new.  Even
>the squinty finder is bright and usable, and the RF is super crisp and
>accurate.  DAG lived up to the good recommendations, so thanks to all who
>have mentioned him in the past.  Sherry Kreuter is equally skilled but I
>think she no longer does screw-mount work so I went with Don for this one,
>and would do it again.  The camera was made in 1949 so it's turning 60.  I
>wonder how my DSLR will be working 60 years from now? ;-)
>
>-- 
>Phil Swango
>307 Aliso Dr SE
>Albuquerque, NM 87108
>505-262-4085
>
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