Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Patrick, I really do think that you did not make any mistake buying an old SL. At least, if the camera is not in mint shape, it is still a beautiful object to carry! I recently bought an SL2 and found it was really a wonderful tool and with the 50mm sumicron, it's even better! What a sharp lens! Thib. At 18:29 17/12/1997 -0800, you wrote: >At 08:35 PM 12/17/97 -0500, Dan Post wrote: >>BTW, in a more serious vein- if you've had repair work done on an SL, I have >>a question. Is the 'seperation' in the viewfinder that Leica advised me of >>endemic? Just what seperates? I have a black SL-Mot, and the prism is >>de-silvering ( VERY dim), so it's hard to say if there is seperation. The >>chrome SL I have has a slight darkening at the edge of the viewfinder, but I >>didn't notice it until Leica pointed it out! > >I don't do camera repair, but in "Leica Reflex Photography," Brian Bower >points out that "staining" around the edges of the finder are an indication >that the balsam cementing the finder components is deteriorating. I don't >think this is necessarily a disaster (unlike a black RF in an M3, which I >have not heard of anyone being able to repair). The reason I don't think >it's necessarily a disaster is that there are repair people who can >recement lens elements, and so I would guess that the same would be true of >finder components. I don't actually know it's possible to repair these -- >I'm just guessing, based on the fact that S.K. Grimes, for example, can >replace the balsam in a separating lens. > >-Patrick > > >