Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I was just opening a box of parts that came along with a Leica meter M > manual, and I came across a strange frame-and-glass combination. It is a > brass frame with screwholes on all four corners. It holds a piece of > beveled glass whose small-side dimensions about match a 35mm frame. About > 1mm separation from the small-side edges, there appear to be box channels > (for sprockets)? The side with the narrow side of the glass is black > enamel; the part that looks like it would face the lens is brass. > > Is this a front pressure plate for an M3? If so, does anyone know how to > install it. My M3 is in the shop, so I can't tell if it will go on. > > Does it help sharpness? > > Ideas?! > > Thanks > I don't know. But the 1st version M3 and some 2nd version up to a certain point came with glass pressure plates at some point they switched to metal. Wish I could be more help but somebody will know. Steve Annapolis