[Leica] HELP!!!! - M3 disaster! Advice sought

[Ken Iisaka]

Not quite a broken prism, but the two prisms that are glued together came
apart.

There are companies which will re-silver the prism, and glue them back
together with modern adhesives.

On 29 July 2018 at 12:04, Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> You have broken the prism inside the rf.  Ouch
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 29, 2018, at 6:21 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > travelling in France. I knocked my M3 off my bedside table and it fell
> > on to a floor of "tomette" tiles, landing square on its top plate.
> > Result is that I can only see the centre focussing rectangle and the
> > framelines.I presume that this means that I have somehow managed to
> > shake the viewfinder loose in some way.
> >
> > (i) anyone got any smart ideas to fix it in the short term;
> >
> > (ii) Obviously it needs to be properly fixed when I get back in two or
> > three weeks. Anyone got the name and address of a good M3 repairer in
> > the UK? I know it could go back to Leica, but I suspect they will charge
> > and arm and a leg and take forever, and as it non-current technology I
> > bet they won't be too keen.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > PS to make matters worse the IIIf is away for a CLA. I had thought about
> > Classic Camera and Red Dot in London but personal recommendations count
> > for a lot :-)
> >
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Ken Iisaka
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