[rollei_list] Re: OT: Leica
- From: Robert Lilley <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:01:18 -0500
I used his services. he repaired a Super Ikonta B for me. A year and a half
later, it was finally returned only to find that the "B" and "T" shutter
settings didn't work and there was a huge thumb print on the inside of the
finder. But, I am sure he lubricated each screw as advertised.
Rob
On Nov 16, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Thor Legvold wrote:
> Hey Rob,
>
> you sound like you couldn't afford his services ;-)
>
> (jk)
>
> Thor
>
> (p.s. actually his work is excellent, which is why there is a waiting list.
> My equipment came back as new, and works flawlessly. His prices are pretty
> decent, and there are very few people around who really know these old
> Contaxi. Thus his renommé)
>
> On 16. nov.. 2009, at 14.29, Robert Lilley wrote:
>
>> Henry Schere is a Zeiss Contax repair person who has developed a cult
>> following - much like Fleenor and Krauter. You give him a lot of money and
>> wait one and a half years to have your camera repaired. After waiting all
>> that time and paying that kind of money, one has to tell everyone that his
>> work is stellar to maintain one's ego.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 3:29 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>
>>>> Marc und Thor,
>>>>
>>>> It does NOT pain me at all to agree 100% with Marc in this matter.
>>>>
>>>> Besides that, anyone that can afford a rebuild job by Henry can afford a
>>>> nice M6
>>>> mit a decent lens.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I have a dead pre-war, twin lens Contaflex which weighs more than
>>>> THREE
>>>> of my Leicas combined. Henry would probably charge me more than the cost
>>>> of
>>>> my first Porsche. Not that his work is not worth it. It is, but it is
>>>> beyond the
>>>> affordability to an 80 year old hourly laborer like me.
>>>>
>>>> Jerry
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm all ears as to who Henry might be!
>>> The tooth fairy?!?!?!
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>>
>>>
>>>
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