Hi, I have an old M3 DS, and it seems to have some light leaking in a bit; as a well as a shutter which may be hanging up a bit.

Where is a good place to send it for a cleaning & repair (maybe close to Boston...)?

(also, the faster the better, I can't bear to be with out my camera) Thanks Phillip

-- Phillip Silitschanu (speedin_saab@hotmail.com), December 07, 2001

Answers

Golden Touch Sherry Krauter 118 Purgatory Rd., Campbell Hall, NY, 10916 krauter@warwick.net 845.496.8834 Fax 845.496.3656 she is a demigod and close to you

-- Charles C. Stirk Jr. (ccstirkjr@yahoo.com), December 07, 2001.

Lists of recommended repair resources:

http://nemeng.com/leica/#007e

http://www.lhsa.org/

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), December 07, 2001.

Actually, I talked to Sherry Krauter a few weeks ago and she wouldn't be able to receive my Leica III(F) in about 6 months because she's rather backed up. I don't know about the M cameras. So I decided to send my camera out to DAG instead and they told me that they will have it done in a few weeks. Not too bad :)

Alfie

-- Alfie Wang (leica_phile@hotmail.com), December 07, 2001.

Don Goldberg provides great, timely service, and is attitude-free to boot...

-- Alistair Stewart (astewart@gigaweb.com), December 07, 2001.

I'll vouch for DAG. He's a star and great to work with. I've sent several Minox cameras to him over the last few years and he's been superb. Become a friend of mine in the process too and that's always nice! I actually have many choices here in Europe, but spend the extra to ship it all the way to him. That must say something!!

-Duncan

-- Duncan (airborn@euromail.se), December 07, 2001.

Does anyone have a contact for Dan Goldberg (DAG)?

Thanks Phillip

-- Phillip Silitschanu (speedin_saab@hotmail.com), December 07, 2001.

Phillip:

What I have is:

Don Goldberg: DAG CAMERA REPAIR 2128 Vintage Drive Oregon, WI 53575 tel: 1-608-835-3342

If I am wrong, someone will correct me. ;o)

Art

-- Art (AKarr90975@aol.com), December 07, 2001.

I got:

DAG Camera Repair Don Goldberg 2451 Thatcher Lane McFarland WI 53558 from the LHSA directory.

-- Alfie Wang (leica_phile@hotmail.com), December 07, 2001.

If Toronto Canada isn't too far for you, try Gerry Smith @ Kindermann. He does excellent work and if you call ahead he often can turn the camera around very fast (days).

-- Peter J. Hanlon (peter.hanlon@3web.net), December 07, 2001.

John Van Stelten at the Focal Point - Louisville, Colorado (essentially Denver metro area) - is working on my dropped M4-2 - quoted me 4 weeks and around $200 for CLA. He's listed in the nemeng.com reference - in fact I had to look him up on that Aussie web site even though he's only 20 miles from my house - global village, indeed!

-- Andy Piper (apidens@denver.infi.net), December 07, 2001.

You want:

Krauter, Sherry krauter@warwick.net 914:496-8834

She's done 3 of my Leica M bodies. The're all like new.

Reasonably priced and absolutely honest.

-- Tom Bryant (boffin@gis.net), December 07, 2001.

Don Goldberg is now located in Oregon, WI. He moved from McFarland. Both towns are just south of Madison, WI.

Don's done great work for me and he has a bunch of my cameras & lenses right now.

BTW, Don's father Norman used to strip down cameras for Popular Photography in the 70's & 80's "Stripdown Report". After reading his report on the the OM-1 my father bought an OM-1 which my wife still uses.

Cheers!

-- Tony Oresteen (Aoresteen@mindspring.com), December 10, 2001.