leo_maniace2 Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I will be purchasing a used Leica M3. Can anyone tell me the name and contact information for a Leica refinishing/CLA service. I want the body refinished and new vulcanite applied and a comprehensive CLA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_leong_lee Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leo_maniace2 Posted September 12, 2007 Author Share Posted September 12, 2007 Looking for people who have actually had the service performed and their experience with different technicians, not a phone book list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajf Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I have very good result with Sherry Krauter in NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 CRR Luton: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Leica/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayyid_qutb Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 DAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny massey Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Leo, they are all the usual suspects (except the Japanese ones). Where do you live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 If you want vulcanite, the only known source is CRR Luton. Anyone else can only recover it in leather or vinyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chandos_michael_brown Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Youxin Ye--fast, reasonable, an excellent craftsman, and a nice guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikp Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 For a CLA i use Will van Manen in the Netherlands. Very good and good price. He can be reached through kamera-service.info. In the process of the CLA he will also touch up the body work, and repair small spots on the vulcanite. A new vulcanite is a DIY job, after purchase of a new skin from Aki Asahi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_z Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 DAG, Sherry, Youxin - any of them. My personal vote (as long as any pure mechanical M talking, M3 in particular) goes to Youxin. Just recently did an wonderful job of bringing totally non-operational, heavy beater M3 to a new life, wondeffully smooth mechanics, new shutter curtains, thorough CLA, etc...now my M3 is smoother and queter then my flawless M6... Moreover, Youxin charges very reasonable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_leong_lee Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Your 1st post stated clearly: "Can anyone tell me the name and contact information for a Leica refinishing/CLA service". No question about asking if people were satisfied with anyone's service or what their experiences were. In any case, Google will find you not just the contacts, but lots of discussion threads and experiences. The Net has changed in the last 5 years. With Google, Wiki, Youtube, Skype, Facebook, etc. It's possible to get so much more out of the Net now, all it takes is just one click on a search engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F. Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 A lot depends on what you mean by "refinishing." Changing the leatherette is easy to have done. Cameraleather.com, for instance. But "refinishing" can also mean stripping the chrome off and having it painted black, gray hammertone, olive drab, etc. There'a fellow named Shintaro in Japan who has been popular for this. The CRR Luton referral is another. For a CLA, Sherry Krauter did my M3. Don Goldberg did my M6. John Van Stelten did my M2. John Maddox did my two IIIc's. Fine techs, all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hxt Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Youxin is a very reliable, honest and meticulous guy, who obviously loves what he does!! I bought an M3 from him on Ebay, and felt it wasn't as described, and he refunded my money plus postage BEFORE I returned the camera, and then sent me a cheque for the cost of return postage... a gentelman!!!! Sherry is IMHO a bit overpriced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tolga_anil Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 If you have a time, go CRR Luton. Tolga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtodrick Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 So Wai-Leong...this is a Leica forum that is in place to help people with Leica-related problems/concerns. Maybe we should get rid of it...as you say anyone can google anything that is discussed here. Lighten up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aizan_sasayama Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Can anyone vouch for CRR Luton and/or Shintaro's ability to remove dents and edge dings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_leong_lee Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Bob, The Internet has changed a lot since 15 years ago when PN was set up. Anyone who doesn't appreciate the power of Google, the richness, accuracy and authoritativeness of info on Wiki or the effort put into Leica info in Andrew Nemeth's FAQ and other such Leica resources is, in my view, doing himself no favours. Forums have a place, primarily for discussion, but it gets tiring to keep answering the same questions all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtodrick Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Wai-Leong...guess I'm just in a pissy mood but... A question from you only 2 months ago..."I'm looking for a little more contrast and pop in one of my negs, but when I tried printing it at grade 4, I got more grain everywhere, particularly in the shadow areas, compared to grade 2. Is this normal? If so, then is there any other way of getting more contrast without paying a penalty for grain?" Gee, I google film grain and got 11 million responses. So only you are allowed to ask questions here that can be found by doing a web search? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_leong_lee Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Where's the answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtodrick Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I found it on 'The Massive Film Dev Chart' site. You don't want to help out Leo...why should I help out you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_leong_lee Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Really? Then I won't look to you for anything then. Ever. <P> I don't think the answer is there. Sites I've gone through all talk about it as a given, but no one I can find talks about how to avoid it. <P> But I said before, and let me be clear on this. The Internet has changed in the last 5 years. Google and Wiki are now the best sources of knowledge, far more reliable and authoritative than most forums. <P> Google is much more powerful and much more accurate than any search engine in the history of mankind. If you consider the billions of pages that exist, and the millions of searches at any point in time, to pinpoint the relevant ones in less than the time it takes to blink is nothing short of miraculous. <P> Ditto Wiki, it's more powerful and more user friendly that any encyclopedia has ever been. Better than Britannica or even Encarta ever were. <P> Leica forum on PN too has a great deal of authoritative information in its forum archives from experts. <P> Which is why our forum creators have added Google search to PN. Even the posting page says, "Please take a moment to ask yourself if what you're about to post is going to be useful to the person who asked the question. Then ask yourself if, when someone stumbles upon this exchange four years from now via a <B>Google search</B>, they are going to say 'that was worth my time to read'." <P> To ignore such powerful resources which are available at your fingertips, sounds foolhardy to me. It is not making best use of the Internet. <P> I might even add that Wiki is a lot more authoritative than asking for "opinions", "comments", etc. Ask 20 people about exposure and you might get 20 different answers, some wrong, some half wrong, and some right. It takes a long time to get the answers, to sift out the right answers from the wrong ones, to wade through the off-topic posts and to separate the opinions and prejudices from the facts. <P> Ask people about whether Leica is good value over better ZI or Voigtlander and you'll always get a fight. The heat and noise drowns out any light and illumination you might get from posting your question. <P> Why go through all that when Wiki is at your fingertips? <P> Unlike you Bob, I don't believe in spoonfeeding. It's better that people learn how to fish for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_jagitsch Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 "Can anyone vouch for CRR Luton and/or Shintaro's ability to remove dents and edge dings? I can vouch for Shintaro, he took a big ding out of my M3 before he painted it. There is no evidence it was ever there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_s Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 <i>the richness, accuracy and authoritativeness of info on Wiki </i> <p> Please tell me you're joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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