Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi I took a close look at my M3 which is very early and does have a glass plate as well as another one which has a metal plate. The glass plate is a piece of flat black glass (looks like metal) held in place on three sides by a thin metal frame. The metal plate on the one I looked at is attached differently. It has folded over ends which fit int the attachment to the back. I think if your pressure plate is a flat piece with a thin metal frame (no folds at the ends) it is glass...otherwise it is metal. Hope this helps Harold - ---------- > >I assume the plates were coated black rather than being transparent, > >but it looks like black metal to me and it sounds like metal if I tap > >it with my fingernail. > > > >Should I scratch it with a key to tell for sure? :-) > > > >Attachment Converted: D:\EUDORA\Part.001 > > > > Elizabeth Mei Wong > Henry Curtis Miller, M.P.A. > > Pittsfield, Massachusetts > In the Berkshires, next door to Tanglewood