Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shouldn't the LUG be shut down for, oh, say a week, in mourning for Henri Cartier-Bresson? -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Allen Graves Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 10:55 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Contax T Why not buy the black one, find the back from a non-functioning chrome T and have the first Contax T PANDA !!!!! just a belated late night thought. Allen >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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information