Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] IIIf at 1/1000: is this normal behavior?
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horst.schmidt@actek.com.au>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 08:13:23 +1000
 
Moore,Andrew wrote:

> I have a IIIf (red dial) that has intermittent problems with the
> 1/1000 shutter speed.  To change the shutter speed, I lift the dial
> upwards, turn it to a new setting, and let it drop back down to its
> normal position (with the bottom of the dial resting more or less
> directly on the body's top plate).  But on the 1/1000 speed position,
> the dial drops back down only part-way, leaving a slight gap (1 mm or
> so) between the top plate and the bottom of the dial.  Could this be
> related to the problems I've having at that speed, or is this normal
> for a IIIf?
>
> --Andrew
> no archive

Andrew, it is normal on the screw cameras which have a 1/1000 speed
setting for the dial not to drop completely sown to the top plate.   Your
shutter problem has nothing to do with this. It needs an overhaul.


  Regards Horst Schmidt