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Fixed: My bessa R2 sn 000330. Wow, it is green, and that is a fact I don’t think I have ever gotten over. They even threw on a new rear door for me as a “sa-bisu” (service) because the nice folks at the Cosina repair room must have been in a good mood. Imagine your mechanic leading you out to the back lot behind all that tall chain-link and saying “Yeah that back door on your civic was kind of scuffed up, so what the heck we threw a new on one there for you. Nahhhhh I don’t want your money, it’s on the house.”

No that would not happen. But it is not like I offered to pay for it anyways.

Fixed: This 35mm 1.7 Ultron lens. Fixed is a word that could be used, but I should be more specific and say that the only parts of my original lens that remain from when I sent it in to be repaired are the glass parts. Everything else is new.

All in all this was an expensive lesson in learning about the physics and the result of several things coming together at a point in time. The first half of it would be the combination of a smooth leather camera strap vs. the satin-like smooth and cunningly rounded shoulder on a military grade parka. The next part deals with the effects of a concrete sidewalk vs. a camera match-up. The thing that tied those two wacky battles together was the cruel and invisible guiding hand of gravity. A force which won by starting the process in motion, first with the” sliding down my shoulder” part, and then the cement kiss of the lens shade (Followed quickly by the lens, and maybe even quicker by the camera) to the ground.
Then gravity worked the opposite way and made my wallet lighter with the cost of the repair.

Hey kids!
Keep a hold of your stuff!

Expensive things are expensive to fix.