Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi I know I had this problem and I asked the Leica agent's repairs person. He took it and put a small amount of some substance on the screw thread, i'm not sure what, which seemed to keep it reasonably tight. I think it is some sort of rubber cement enough of which stays in the thread when taking it on and off, to remain useful after the 5 or 10 times I've unscrewed it. Harold > Apart from tightening the cover, has anyone tried other ways of keeping >the cover on? I think J. Eastland recommended using a slotted battery >cover (chrome finish) from an R camera. Has anyone tried this? How about >using some black tape over the cover to keep it in place? The M retro >look! It's hard to believe that one would have to resort to using this >approach on a 7K camera/lens combo. > >