Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Busted !!!!! Happy April's fool to everyone! Vick Vick Ko wrote: > Hmmm. > > I think if you exposed your Leica to a vacuum, you would vaporize all the > lubricants, > guaranteeing that you'd need a CLA - with a capital "L". I'd probably > recommend storage > in something inert like nitrogen, helium or argon, with no oxygen or moisture. > > I wonder if 100 years from now, you'd still be able to get batteries for it. > Or film. > > Rangefinder alignment should be okay > > I wonder what the rubberized shutter would be like. A Leica IA would be > getting near > 70 years old now - anyone out there seen an original shutter is like? And > would you > take the shutter tension off the shutter to allow the curtain and tape to > relax, as opposed > to 100 years under tension? > > regards, > Vick > > Tristan Tom wrote: > > > I'm trying to build an air tight container in order to preserve my Leicas. > > I was thinking of building a sealed plexiglass tank and then installing a > > nozzle and then getting a vacuum with a hose to suck the air out. > > > > My thinking is that with no air exposure, the M6 would last virtually > > forever. This way, someone 1000 years from now could still use it. Would > > they have to get a CLA or rangefinder alignment though? Does anyone know > > what the Leica M repair facilities are? I'd like to include a list of these > > facilities in the air tight container. > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html