Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually I first read about the missing element on Stephen Gandy's site (http://www.cameraquest.com/classics.htm). Since then I have had two M4-2 cameras, one early and one late. Both cameras were CLAed by one of the best and I ask about the provenance of the finders to make sure they were original (they were). The early camera (one of the first 900 made) flared the same as my M6TTL while the later one, with the fabled missing element was just as good as my M2. I do not know what is causing the flare problem BUT it is not the missing element. John Collier On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 08:00 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > You're not wrong, Daniel. According to Erwin Puts the problem has > something > to do with the fact that Leica removed a particular condenser lens from > the > rangefinder assembly. Some would suggest it was done to reduce costs, > but I > would never be so cynical as to suggest that. ;-) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html