Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. >