steven_burch

<p>Hello all, I just want to tell everyone here about my experience getting my Leica M4-2 repaired by Youxin Ye. I had a VERY bad experience with one of his competitors who botched the overhaul of my IIIf. That person kept my camera for over a year, damaged the lens mount screws, left debris in my viewfinder/rangefinder, and even though I specifically asked him to repair my dim rangefinder (which entails replacement of the beam splitter glass) he did a hack job and added a glob of black paint on the glass to "increase contrast" instead. But that's another story.</p> <p>My M4-2 is in what I would consider good user condition. The back door was missing its vulcanite, it has a couple of small chips missing from the vulcanite as well. The top cover has some minor dings, the rewind knob was bent by the previous owner who apparently dropped the camera. The viewfinder was very foggy and downright hard to see through. The shutter was very erratic, none of the speeds seemed to be accurate. It needed a bit of help! </p> <p>So I emailed Youxin about getting it serviced. He responded within minutes. His replies to my emails were exceedingly polite and knowledgeable, and after a few messages back and forth I was fully confident that he was the right person for the job. His quoted price was reasonable. Not the cheapest but reasonable. </p> <p>So I mailed him the camera and the day after it was delivered Youxin emailed to tell me the camera was ready. That was a very pleasant surprise! So two days later I get my camera back in the mail. So, being the perfectionist that I am I very carefully checked every function of the camera. Mechanism super smooth. Shutter speeds are right on. Rangefinder right on. Viewfinder perfectly clean. He even hand-cut a matching piece of leatherette for the back door, and repaired the rewind knob!</p> <p>I highly recommend Youxin Ye for any Leica repair. He is truly a Leica master and a wonderful person as well. </p>

<p>Thanks Matthew, can't wait to see it!</p> <p>To everyone here, I will be posting a giveaway of my own soon. I'll have to dig through my extra stuff and see what I have.</p>

<p>David, my T-mount adapters came in safe and sound. Thanks again.</p>

<p>David, if the T-mount adapters haven't been spoken for I could use them. I just acquired a pair of Lentar preset lenses and now have a use for them. I'd be glad to cover shipping.</p>

<p>I was a bit hasty. Gus emailed me back, my camera is ready! Can't wait to see it.</p>

<p>I'm having trouble getting Gus to respond to my emails, I hope nothing is wrong. I'm a bit concerned about the IIIf I sent him for repair.</p> <p>I was wondering if someone here knew him or knew if anything might have happened to where he would be unable to respond to emails? I recall he had a bad case of poison ivy late last year.</p>