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Subject: [Leica] Broken and Broke
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0600
References: <CAAsXt4NwEMT9jhZ=A5jh+ZGpYcTf5wgOUjb-GEpCQOdjDfW-=w@mail.gmail.com>

Bob,

For a temporary 35, would it be worthwhile to see if a nearby repair shop 
would swap your Canon "parts" for something he has recenty repaired?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:52 AM
Subject: [Leica] Broken and Broke


> My MF back is on it's way to Denmark for a new piece of glass for on top 
> of
> it's sensor. It apparently got scratched and I have no idea how...
>
> My cat got caught up in my Canon 5DMkII strap and pulled it off the
> counter. Landed on the edge of the lens (24-105) which doesn't extend
> anymore and the camera sensor/bayonet mount/who-knows-what-else is
> completely out of alignment. Both will be garbage bound. I already sent 
> the
> lens into Canon a year and a half or so ago and they charged me $800 to 
> fix
> it. That was just to fix the fact that when I held the camera lens 
> pointing
> down the zoom extended with just the pull of gravity. Who knows what they
> would charge for this or if would ever be really right..
>
> So it's all broke and so am I...
> No images until the MF back comes back. I don't know what I'm going to do
> for a 35....
>
> Sympathy appreciated ;-)
> Bob
>
> -- 
> Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
>
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