Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]it really works! it's worth the few bucks to try it out!!!!! konerman has a number of cool and inexpensive leica gadgets stuff on his site. - -rei > From: "Andrew Amundsen" <andy@tcinternet.net> > > I posted this a few days ago but, I think was overlooked? > > Check this out: http://www.konermann.net/shade.html > > Is this the solution some are looking for? -Andrew > > > ---------- > >From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: [Leica] Looks stupid but it works (rangefinder repair) > >Date: Thu, Sep 26, 2002, 11:00 PM > > > > > My daughter has her birthday. Yesterday evening I was taking pictures of > > her and BAM ... that M6 rangefinder that was put into my M3 did its thing. > > It flares in ALL available light situations. Never horizontal and vertical > > shots at the same time ... but I don't like compositions to be steered by > > such stupid circumstances as if the rangefinder flares or not. > > > > So I took the corner of some white copying paper. I cut off a piece the > > width of the middle window on the viewfinder and of a length that was > > enough to cover the window from top to bottom and extend up over on the > > top plate. I put a good crease in it and fastened it to the top plate with > > some tape and let the rest cover the middle window. > > > > I went back to the same position as before ... no flare. I lifted up the > > paper, and the flare came back. It was really working. The viewfinder > > lines are still there, it's easy to focus in dim light. It looks stupid > > but it works like a charm. > > > > Now I'll probably carefully cut out a piece to fit exactly over the glass > > of the middle window and hold it in place with some Scotch magic tape. (To > > try and make it look less stupid). > > > > Anyone with similar problems ... give it a shot. From now on I'll always > > have some paper and a roll of tape in my camera back (it's not a very > > robust repair and will have to be re-worked now and then). > > > > Makes one wonder if the whole problem couldn't be fixed with thick frosted > > glass on the middle window. > > > > Be nice, > > Daniel - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html