Re: [Leica] finder flare

[Stephen Gandy <LeicaNikon@earthlink.net>]

John,

having confirmed the M4-2 flare problem and cause with the then head of Leica
repair at Solms,  I am reasonably sure the info is accurate.

did you have your cameras examined by a tech familiar with the M4-2 finder
variations to identify which type it was?    how do you know the camera with
an earlier top plate number has the M4-2 earlier type finder,  or the later
camera has the later M4-2 finder ?   If a finder or top plate is interchanged
by a good tech, it looks original.

Stephen


John Collier wrote:

> 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. ;-)
>
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