Hi, Timothy, Here's their site, with a link to their e-mail:
http://www.kominek.com/index.html They are, in my experience, pretty quick at answering e-mail questions. I know they take mail-in stuff from Canada - I don't see why they wouldn't from the US as well. Anyone know how Customs on both sides of the border would handle that? Anyway, I'm sure they can answer that for you. regards, frank Timothy Sherburne wrote: > What are the coordinates for Kominek? Are they receptive to mail-in work > (from the States) instead of drop-in work? > > t > > On 11/7/02 2:38 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > > Excellent news, Dave! > > > > I'm always a bit nervous when I recommend a place highly, and then someone > > actually goes and takes my advice! <g> The pressure's on, at that point. > > > > These guys seem to be great scroungers. Found a meter for one of my Spots! > > In > > terms of turnaround, sometimes they are astoundingly quick (brought my MX in > > for a CLA, they said a month, and called a week later), other times they take > > a > > bit longer than their estimates, but not much. But they seem to know what > > they're doing, and like you said, one of their repair guys is really into > > Pentax. You should have seen them drool at the MX! <g> > > > > Glad your story has a happy ending! > > > > regards, > > frank > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > > >> Well, > >> > >> It was a long time coming but the Pentax-A 35-150mm F3.5 zoom lens I put in > >> for repair to Kominek Camera Repair is back in my hands once more! > >> > >> Kominek's Pentax tech was able to scrounge materials from any number of > >> sources and put this lens back into tip top shape! > >> > >> To recap - the lens was losing it's focus when you would zoom - I took the > >> lens to Pentax Canada who claimed that the lens was too old to be repaired > >> and that they could do nothing for me (or wouldn't do anything for me). I > >> took the lens to Kominek Canada (Frank's favourite repair shop) and dropped > >> it off September 20 for an estimate. A week later I received a call > >> stating total costs to repair ($167 plus tax CDN) and asking if I wished to > >> continue. Knowing the excellent quality of the lens I proceeded. > >> > >> I received a call today from Russ @ Kominek and the lens now holds it's > >> focus throughout the zoom range. I'm extremely impressed by Kominek's > >> service!! Pulling off what Pentax Canada could not! Russ stated that > >> Pentax equipment is one of their specialties so I would hope that they > >> never lose the tech they have who's working on the Pentax gear. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Dave > >> > >> P.S. Unfortunately, I've gotten rid of my LX body and don't have any more > >> K mount bodies so the lens, although fixed, will have to go up for sale. > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> mail2web - Check your email from the web at > >> http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > -- > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > > fears it is true." -J. Robert > > Oppenheimer > > > > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
