Was that Vancam? Oh, man, they are butchers. My F*300 4.5 was focussing strangely, with scratchy noises, and when I took it there, and the guy put it in a vise WITH NO PROTECTION AT ALL! A METAL VISE! I asked him to take it out, and it was only then that I noticed that the body of the lens had come unscrewed just past the built in hood. I tightened it up by hand and it has been fine ever since, but it still has vise marks on it from their alleged 'technician'.

I guess you won't go there again. I know I won't.

C.

On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 02:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:20:26 -0700
From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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After 2 weeks of waiting, my MX was finally ready to be pick up this
afternoon. Consider they asked C$190 for labour & C$35 for parts, they must
did hell of a job to ask that much. I attached my FA24 and brought the
camera outside the service centre and see if it focused at infinity.
Shocking, totally shocking!!! The lens hit infinity when the subject is 1
meter away. I knew something was wrong and talked to the guy, and he didn't
believe me and said it was my lens (why am I not surprised by his
reaction?). He tried 2 of his own lenses and confirmed the problem. Needless
to say, I was totally fed up. What else did they fix if the focus wasn't
fixed properly. I check the printed invoice carefully and it explicitly said
focus adjusted (yeah right). And to make the matter worse, they adjust the
meter and replaced the velvet straps with the foams. Gee... I did not even
ask for that because the meter was dead on and the straps were in tip top
condition. What the hell were they thinking? I had those velvet straps
installed 2 years ago and now I have to paid extra just because of their
idiotic mistake? They didn't fix anything I requested, but "fixed" things
that were perfectly fine. How the hell they stay in business if they could
not even do a simple job like this??? And $35 for those stupid foams? Gee...
I think I am ready to smash the MX right in front of the manager if he
couldn't give me a satisfied answer next Tuesday. Sorry I have to vent here,
I feel better now...


Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan



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