Jocko
Off With The Pixies
There's a strange pleasure in being totally wrong. A couple of weeks ago, in another thread, I mentioned my troubles contacting the Leica repair and servicing specialists CRR of Luton. I cited this as an example of all that was wrong with the British photographic trade etc. etc.
Kim Coxon suggested I was simply unlucky and that the company had suffered from problems with e-mails. In a very helpful exchange of PMs Kim encouraged me to try again.
So I did. I phoned and immediately found I was talking to someone who really understood Leicas. I sent my camera on the following day - Tuesday the 31st. On Thursday I received an estimate for the very extensive work that needed to be done. It was extremely reasonable. Today - Tuesday 7th - I received my camera.
I have never understood what people saw in Leicas until now. From lens to shutter to the brilliant clarity of the rangefinder, all is smooth, soft and unbelievably exquisite. There is a combination of delicacy and precision which is simply glorious. Even a tiny patch of lost vulcanite had been perfectly restored.
50 years of dried grease and botched servicing had reduced the camera to a mechanically miserable condition: it was far below my ever-troublesome FEDs. Now it is new and breathtaking.
CRR have an international reputation and certainly do not need my recommendation. But I will say this: Their work is of the highest imaginable quality, their prices are exceptionally reasonable and the service second to none.
But, echoing Kim, I'd advise you to phone!
If you want your Leica brought to perfect working condition (and what's the point otherwise?), this is their webite: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Leica/
Just do it! Your camera will thank you!
Cheers, Ian
Kim Coxon suggested I was simply unlucky and that the company had suffered from problems with e-mails. In a very helpful exchange of PMs Kim encouraged me to try again.
So I did. I phoned and immediately found I was talking to someone who really understood Leicas. I sent my camera on the following day - Tuesday the 31st. On Thursday I received an estimate for the very extensive work that needed to be done. It was extremely reasonable. Today - Tuesday 7th - I received my camera.
I have never understood what people saw in Leicas until now. From lens to shutter to the brilliant clarity of the rangefinder, all is smooth, soft and unbelievably exquisite. There is a combination of delicacy and precision which is simply glorious. Even a tiny patch of lost vulcanite had been perfectly restored.
50 years of dried grease and botched servicing had reduced the camera to a mechanically miserable condition: it was far below my ever-troublesome FEDs. Now it is new and breathtaking.
CRR have an international reputation and certainly do not need my recommendation. But I will say this: Their work is of the highest imaginable quality, their prices are exceptionally reasonable and the service second to none.
But, echoing Kim, I'd advise you to phone!
If you want your Leica brought to perfect working condition (and what's the point otherwise?), this is their webite: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Leica/
Just do it! Your camera will thank you!
Cheers, Ian
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