Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/26
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On 26 Jan 97 at 7:33, Edward Meyers wrote:
> Two weeks ago I was getting ready for a ten day visit
> to Paris. I got out my R4 and opened the back to blow out
> any dust. Lo and behold I discovered that the foam gaskets
> in the door and camera back had crumbled to tiny pieces
> and had fallen into the camera.
[snip].
> Any suggestions from the Leica group? E. Leitz would have
> recalled the cameras and fixed them. What's the chances
> now?
>
The problem of deteriorating gaskets is not unique to Leitz/Minolta.
I encountered the same problem in a couple of venerable Nikon F
bodies and a Mamiya C330. I also recall that some light shielding
material inside an M3 had to be replaced during one of its trips for
a CLA.
Roy
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