Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Send it out for a good cleaning first. Often that will brighten things back up on old M cameras. John Collier On Nov 23, 2004, at 10:44 AM, Frank Farmer wrote: > I have a question about the 2d image in the viewfinder of my M3. I've > read a little about this and think I know the answer but would like > the input of the list. Here goes: The 2d image in my M3 viewfinder > is much lighter than I would expect it to be. It is certainly lighter > or fainter than the 2d image in my M6-TTL. Does this mean that the > mirror needs to be cleaned somehow (via CLA)? Are there other > problems that could cause the 2d image to be faint? I've also read > about separation in the viewfinder being evident by the rangefinder > patch "blacking out." I don't think this is the problem, nothing is > black in the viewfinder. As always, thanks in advance.