Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Ruth turned an unusable Leica IIIf into a very nice shooter. I do think he replaced a mirror in there somewhere. When I bought the camera, it supposedly had just been CLA'd. The CLA was so poor, I assumed that the IIIf must be a crap camera. On 6/6/07, H. Ball Arche <h_arche@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yeah, that's what I thought, even though I've never > used one. And at the bid price its showing, it would > almost a better deal to got ahead and replace the > mirror. > > BTW Ric, I've been watching the Harbor series and of > course feeling homesick, especially the Swanquarter > Mist one. > > --- Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: > > > Isn't that over the wrong window in debay photo? > > > > Seems to me to work better of the right window > > turning the center > > spot orange. Works better for me anyway. > > > > ric > > > > > > On Jun 6, 2007, at 8:12 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote: > > > > > > > >> Anyone of you know if the rangefinder contrast > > (for > > >> focusing) could be > > >> replaced? > > >> > > >> I think that in Europe I can obtain a good CLA by > > >> Lutton, or Malcolm Taylor, > > >> but previously I want to do my experiments... > > >> > > >> Thanks again, > > >> Saludos desde Barcelona > > >> Luis > > > > > > CRR Luton can rebuild your rangefinder, or replace > > the > > > mirror, which will fix the rangefinder contrast, > > but > > > cheaper than that the short term fix is to get one > > of > > > those little orange filters that clip on over the > > > front rangefinder window: > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/23yoz2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > ______________ > > > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights > > and hotels with > > > Yahoo! FareChase. > > > http://farechase.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and > hotel bargains. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, LA