Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] IIIf at 1/1000: is this normal behavior?
From: Dan S <dstate1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 16:25:22 GMT

My IIIF also does this, but is haveing no shutter problems.  You probably 
need a CLA.  Even in perfect condition the screw mounts are fairly 
inaccurate at 1/1000.  The best you can hope for is even illumination at 
whatever the real speed turns out to be.

Best wishes
Dan



>
>I have a IIIf (red dial) that has intermittent problems with the
>1/1000 shutter speed.  To change the shutter speed, I lift the dial
>upwards, turn it to a new setting, and let it drop back down to its
>normal position (with the bottom of the dial resting more or less
>directly on the body's top plate).  But on the 1/1000 speed position,
>the dial drops back down only part-way, leaving a slight gap (1 mm or
>so) between the top plate and the bottom of the dial.  Could this be
>related to the problems I've having at that speed, or is this normal
>for a IIIf?
>
>--Andrew
>no archive
>


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