[rollei_list] Re: OT: Leica IIIc Repair

 At 11:32 PM 8/25/2008, you wrote:
>
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>From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:18 PM
>Subject: [rollei_list] OT: Leica IIIc Repair
>
>
>At 10:44 PM 8/25/2008, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
> >    Now for something completely different (not blowing up
> >the BBC), I will probably give Ken Ruth a call. I would
>have
> >liked to have someone local. This camera was given to me
> >years ago. The shutter curtain is hors de combat and it
> >probably needs general overhauling. Since I want to use
>the
> >camera I would rather not experiment on it myself.
>
>Richard
>
>You can do no better than using Ken Ruth.  Again,
>he will talk your ear off but, then, you and I
>have never spoken on the telephone and you
>probably would feel that I spoke
>incessantly.  So, who knows?  Ken does great work
>and he resolutely stands behind his repairs.  He
>is well worth the price of admission.
>
>A working IIIc is a grand camera.  Next, you need
>an APDOO self-timer and a Geiss Kontakt IIIc
>flash-synch.  Fortunately, both are readily
>available at little cost.  With these, the rest
>is a matter of picking up those delectable LTM
>lenses.  Your camera probably came with the
>grossly under-regarded Summitar lens.   If so, I
>can perhaps find a Series VI adaptor to gift you
>so that you can have a lens hood.  The Elmar and
>Summarit are more easily resolved.
>
>Marc
>
>
>    I'll give him a call in a couple of days. Some people
>think I talk too much. Actually, I think I tend to and have
>learned some restraint. Most people would rather have you
>listen. As a lawyer I am sure you know the value of being a
>really good listener.
>    The camera does have a folding Summitar on it. For a
>long time I thought this lens had a cracked surface on one
>of the internal elements but when I looked again the other
>day it was just fine and the lens has no damage.
>    I don't know if you are interested in Leica serial
>numbers but just in case the camera number is 512483 and the
>lens number is 684050. The lens is coated. I have a case and
>lens cap but no other accessories. I would like to get this
>thing going because it is so small and light and is a well
>designed bit of machinery.
>
>---
>Richard Knoppow
>Los Angeles, CA, USA
>dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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