Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/21
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Thanks for your help
and Ken and Shel!!!
MT
- -----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Painter [mailto:dpainter@bigfoot.com]
Sent: Monday, 21 August 2000 16:48
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Blacked out view finder
Tomich, Matt wrote:
>
> I have a M3 with a blacked out viewfinder. can I get the existing
> rangefinder fixed or do I have to replace it with a new one? e.g.. M6
> rangefinder.
>
> can anyone recommend a good place to get this camera repaired? and has
> anyone had a similar problem and can offer advice???
>
> any help greatly appreciated..
> Matt
Matt,
Prism separation, bad news, usually a replacement of the newer finder,
but sometimes can be repaired.
Call John Van Stelton:
The Focal Point- John Van Stelten
1017 South Boulder Road
Suite E-1
Louisville, CO 80027-0027
Tel.- 303-665-6640
Fax - 303-665-3803
focalpt@ecentral.com
Repairs Leicas as well as Cleaning, repolishing and recoating
lenses.
I understand he can sometimes repair these.
Also, here is an old post you might want to follow up on:
Subject:
[Leica] M3 viewinder repairs & resilvering
Date:
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 18:21:50 -0800 (PST)
From:
Evilboy <BernardDelgado@excite.com>
Reply-To:
leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
To:
leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Hi all,
I see quite a bit of talk about old viewfinders.
Has anyone tried this repair shop? They told me they coul drepair M3
viewfinders & that resilvering was not a problem & generally cost about
$100
CameraRepairService
http://www.camerarepairservice.com/
433 MARKET St. PITTSBURGH, Pa. 15222
- -Bernard
"Time is the Fire we Burn in"