Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Is M6 really any better than M3?
From: inyoung@jps.net
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:09:08

Hi Marc,

 What is the symptom of unglued rangefinder prisms?

Regards,
David

At 07:44 PM 8/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 05:05 PM 8/13/98 -0500, Paul wrote:
>>
>>There are some bits for the M3 that are getting scarce, such as rangefinder 
>>prisms.  This limits their ultimate useful life.
>
>
>Well, yes and no.  If they simply have come unglued, the most common error,
>they can be reglued.  But the basic point remains, that M3 parts are drying
>up.  However, the mechanical nature of the beast means that parts can
>almost always be fabricated even when NOS stocks are gone, though the price
>of repairs will escalate dramatically.
>
>Marc
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