Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Okay! Sounds like a good deal! How to contact Goldberg? could be fungus eating away at the prism! I got this SL because it was a black Mot, and I read in one book that only 1078 were made, and in another book that only 4000 were made; either way, I could at least have ONE rare Leica! Thanx. Dan - -----Original Message----- From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] SL BUG >Dan, >Actually, what happened was that the prism was damaged by fungii (fungus). >Goldberg had some damaged SL prisms resilved and installed one for much less >than a new one would have cost. When I bought the camera, I noticed that >the viewfinder was less than perfect but it was only when I sent it back to >DAG for an overhaul that I found out what was actually wrong. > >I also said that I had a new shutter installed when in fact it was only the >shutter brake. > >Bud > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dan Post <dwpost@email.msn.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 12:32 AM >Subject: Re: [Leica] SL BUG > > >>Did the prism on your SL de-silver ? > >> >