Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I do, I really do love my TTL. The metering is intuitive and very accurate. Every control falls naturally to hand. I have just one nagging complaint: when a finder is in the hot shoe, it is difficult to flip out the advance lever. I have to reach up and over by the shutter speed dial to pull it out. I hate that!!! My M2 has no problem as the lever curls out slightly at the tip; just enough so you can easily flip it out. So after one year I decided to take matters into my own hand. I bought the tools for the M camera that Fargo sells (second-hand even, thanks Tristan) and ordered a M3/2 advance lever from the Canadian distributor ($40.25CAN or $26.14US at today's exchange rate). It fits just fine resting against the shutter speed dial when pushed all the way in. I imagine this means I will get some funny wear pattern on the dial and lever but now it WORKS! With a finder mounted, I can easily flip out the advance lever. Happy in Edmonton