Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On my second hand M3 from 1959, I noticed a different color sort of light pink, yellow and grey mixture (dim) in my viewfinder. I’ve sent my camera for CLA and after the cleaning, finder looks much better, but it does not have clarity of new M6 finder. I was told, M3 finder is like that because of aging; especially mirrors are loosing their clarity in rangefinder mechanism. Victor Earth, Solar System http://communities.msn.ca/VictorPhoto John Collier wrote: >I do not have an M3 so perhaps some more experienced person can add to >my >comments. I have an M2 from 1960 and a newish M6TTL. The M2 is just >very >slightly dimmer than the M6TTL. It is not apparent in use, only if >you >look closely. The M3 finder may be slightly dimmer yet but still >only by >degrees not that much actually. For me the M finder was a >revelation. A >bright clear window to the world. If the one you are >looking at seems a >bit murky, it will at least need cleaning and maybe >replacement. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.