Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Another M3 rangefinder question
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 07:13:02 -0700

I believe these two places can repair sometimes M viewfinders:

The Focal Point
John Van Stelten 
1017 South Boulder Road
Suite E-1
Louisville, CO 80027-0027
Tel.- 303-665-6640
Fax - 303-665-3803
Email focalpt@ecentral.com


John Maddox, 
L & J Leica Repair 
109 Royal Oak Road
Greenville, SC 29607
(864) 297-6931. 
4-6 M-F, 10-6 Sat. 


> From: Mark Langer <mlanger@ccs.carleton.ca>
> 
> I have a chance to buy a very early M3 outfit that has rangefinder woes
> similar to those described in the M3 thread already.   In my case, there
> is no secondary moving image whatsoever.  If you look at the bright line
> window (the central one) you can see that there is something protruding
> into that area behind the glass.
> 
> 1)  Is it possible that some mirror has come loose and is responsible both
> for the lack of rangefinder image and the thing behind the glass?
> 
> 2)  In case the problem is that the mirrored prism has come apart, can
> this be reglued?  How much would such a repair cost?
> 
> 3)  I recall dimly hearing about someone in the U.S. South who specializes
> in resilvering and recement the prism.  Can I get contact information and
> some idea of what he charges?
> 
> Thanks for any help that you can give me on this.  I want to have some
> idea what my options are, short of replacing the M3 rangefinder system
> with that of a M6 or using the body as a parts camera.
>

Replies: Reply from Bill Satterfield <cwsat@istate.net> (Re: [Leica] Another M3 rangefinder question)