Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] My M3's finder died.
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 05:31:09 -0400
 
Did you check with Kindermann on Steelcase Road in Toronto?   They claim to
have all parts for Leicas.  It seems strange that the prism can't simply be
replaced with a new one.

Dan C.

At 12:33 AM 11-08-98 -0400, Ken wrote:
>I'm now on the day 3 of my three week trip around North America,
>visiting Toronto, Ottawa, New York and San Francisco.
>
>This morning, I was just taking my M3 out of the bag to bring to a
>Sunday brunch with my family, I realised that the worst has happened:
>the glued prism in the viewfinder spontaneously separated, from no
>impact, rendering it useless.
>
>Being in Toronto, I will be bringing it to Reinhold Mueller tomorrow,
>but he said it is unlikely that it is repairable.
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