Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/10

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re:
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@gp.magick.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 11:36:41 -0700

At 12:31 PM 6/10/96 EDT, you wrote:

>>Many Cl cameras have a bad contrast (deteriorates with age) in the measuring
>>field of the rangefinder, and are difficult to focus. Hope yours is OK...
>
>This sounds like one of those dubious tales floated by those who have
>never been able to accept the lowly CL as being a "real Leica".  The CL was

I think he meant that the CL rangefinder loses some contrast in the
rangefinder, just like old M3s do, and require resilvering. Mabye if the
rangfinder beamsplitters were gold plated rather than silver it woudn't
happen? :-)

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Eric Welch
Grants Pass Daily Courier