Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Peter: If I recall, you are correct and the rails push on two springs on the back of the pressure plate, thereby holding the plate against the film against the body. I would probably skip the body if it has that problem, unless it is reeeeaallly cheap. Cheers Dante On Aug 2, 2004, at 4:33 PM, PMCC wrote: > OK LUG brainiacs out there, who knows > something about the Contax T (not T2, T3 > or T whatever)? > > Intrigued by the piece on Dante's website, > I decided to check one out at the neighborhood > camera shop. Nice looking cosmetics and > appears (without running and processing a > test roll) to work. This one is black. > > Here's the question: on the inside surface > of the camera back there are two shallow > vertical slots in which thin metal rails are > inset. One of them has been glued back in, > the other one is completely missing. They > appear to press up against the spring on the > black of the film pressure plate when the > camera is closed. But neither the camera shop > guy nor I can figure out the exact function and > thus don't know if its absence is critical. No > body appears to fix these things. Can anybody > help? Also, what would you as a knowledgeable > Contax T user/fan be willing to pay for one of > these, as a pocket take-along camera? Other > considerations? I know you folks are a fund of arcane > information and trenchant opinions, > so let's have it. Off line if the crowd objects to > excessive onlist traffic. Thanks! > > rgds > Peter Choy > California USA > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > ____________ Dante Stella http://www.dantestella.com