Re: A Lesson Learned...

Mine was a new 503CW with 40mm Distagon CF. When the tripod fell over on the marble floor the front of the lens got knocked out of alignment, the film magazine got pushed into the film back and the body got knocked out of alignment. At that time the lens was a $4000 lens. Brad Sherman at Precision Camera fixed everything for around $400. He resquared the body, realigned the lens and got the magazine out of the back and resquared that. I got off damn lucky. I would recommend him anytime. 

Carl Socolow

Bob Adler wrote:

Deal! On both counts!!
Mine was a Hasselblad 50 CFi FLE (Mint Mint Mint!) mounted on a Flexbody (Mint Mint Mint!). Fell over in a freshwater creek. The light was gorgeous; what I call "Jesus" light coming through the back of the trees upstream. Went to move an offensive branch upstream and, "thunk". Guess a tripod leg wasn't as well seated as I thought... The Flexbody has few moving parts, but the back with the ground glass (which you remove after focusing and replace with a film back) was dunked. Water got in between the layers of the ground glass forming an absolutely perfect circle when it dried out. The rest of the body was fine. The lens had it's front filter ring dinged (but still somewhat usable). However the next day the glass was fogged up. Estimated cost of repair is unmetionable. As both were in perfect condition, replacing from an unknown source wasn't an option... So that's my sad tale, but there is an upside. It wasn't the 203 or the 40! 
Thanks for the support,
Bob
Bob Adler 
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.raflexions.com


----- Original Message ----
From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:13:01 AM
Subject: Re: A Lesson Learned...

Keep shooting, and try not to drop 'em... OK?



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Carl Sander Socolow
Socolow Photography
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www.socphoto.com


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