Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]=A0 Tina Manley wrote: > Mine broke almost immediately.=A0 I sent it to Leica to be fixed and it= cost > almost as much to be repaired as to purchase a new one!=A0 My next one = will be > the metal, used one if I can find one!=A0 Best - TIna > =A0 As did mine.=A0 I bought my 21/2.8 ASPH in person at Tamarkin New York an= d I had the opportunity to look through a number of older metal finders as well as th= e newer plastic finders.=A0 The plastic finders, while having an ill-conceived de= sign, are much brighter to look through.=A0 Looking over the plastic Leica 21 finde= r, I knew exactly how I would fix it if it broke.=A0 I therefore purchased a used o= ne for $185.=A0 When I got home from NY, same day as buying the lens and finder,= and only the second time I put the finder on the camera (and gently, too) the foot= broke right off.=A0 It was easy to repair myself and has been fine ever since.=A0= First I carefully glued the foot back exactly in place with a cyanoacrylate cement, sometimes known as "Crazy Glue", or "Zap-a-Gap".=A0 After this se= t, I mixed a two part epoxy cement, available at any hardware store, and using a too= thpick as an applicator, I created a small fillet of epoxy everywhere the foot met = the base and where the hardened epoxy would not interfere with sliding the finder = onto the camera.=A0 This did not interfere with the little lock mechanism although= mine fits so snugly that the lock is superflous.=A0 In fact, I used a jewelers file= to remove a bit of material to make it just a bit easier to slide in. I know this is long, but although the finder should be made differently b= y Leica it is easy fix yourself better than new. Mike Gardner