Can you tell me who serviced my IIIf by looking at a sticker in the body? Pic attached.

bobequus · Thursday at 6:31 PM

I was wondering if anyone might recognize this service sticker in my recently acquired IIIf. I can make out the date but wondered who did the service. I'd like to send it out and would prefer sending it to someone who has already worked on it. Know it's a long shot, but hey, this is the innerwebs where dreams really do come true.
Bobby

Ian Grant · Thursday at 7:49 PM

If serviced by a Leitz dealer it's on record with the company. When I accidentally cracked the view finder glass window, I sent my M3 to a UK Leitz accredited repair shop, I was given an estimate and told they would have to also service the camera. Expensive.

I was surprised to be informed the final charge was way lower than the estimate, as records showed my camera had been serviced just before I bought it (2 or 3 years earlier). That's integrity, and also honesty.

Ian

r_a_feldman · Thursday at 9:07 PM

I would not want to send it to the same shop if they were the ones who mangled the two screw head slots shown in your picture.

250swb · Friday at 3:27 AM

I think bad practice if it was a repairer because stickers can come off, but maybe that's how they became specialists in shutter repairs?

drboone · Friday at 10:11 PM

Given that the sticker seems to say "Jul 26 / 81", chances of it being a useful way to contact its applier are probably slim.

Can you tell me who serviced my IIIf by looking at a sticker in the body? Pic attached.

bobequus

Ian Grant

r_a_feldman

250swb

drboone

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