Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was thinking about that type of situation some time ago. IE: what's the most complex repair I could do on a camera in those conditions. I concluded that with the basic tools I would have to hold the smaller and more numerous parts in my mouth. The tounge is smart enough to be able to differentiate between washers, nuts and different size screws. The larger parts like knobs and plates would have to fit in my pocket. I would also need some sort of towel to catch any parts that fell. Thus I would be able to fully strip the thing down but I'm not sure what kind of repair I would perform once it was broken down to sleeve, top and chassis. I would also need a strainer in case a shell exploded overhead and I swallowed the parts. Seriously though, Most war photographers are users rather than techies. I think they were probably talking about removing the lens and takup spool and doing a basic field cleaning. I just don't see someone replacing shutter curtains or even cleaning aperture blades under those conditions.I could be wrong of course, someone may have done it once. I once fully tore down an SL and pulled out the mirror box in a Jersey hotel! Javier - --- Marc Attinasi <marc@attinasi.org> wrote: > OK, I guess those war photographers I read > interviews with lied then - > sorry to be spreading misinformation so > carelessly... Since I cannot > provide a direct reference off-hand, I'll have to > let it go on your > authority. > > But I'm curious, why assume that one could not > obtain, improvise or > otherwise utilize a workbench, jewelers screwdrivers > and tweezers in > the field? Those seem like pretty simple > requirements to me. > > - marc > > On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 10:39 PM, Javier > Perez wrote: > > > Bullshit > > Though simpler than the Contaxes and Exaktas of > the > > time, any real repair or cleaning on a Leica > requires > > a workbench and toolkit including jeweler > screwdrivers > > and tweezers. Perhaps someone has expanded the > > definition of cleaning and repair to include > removing > > the lens, bottom plate and takeup spool and > putting > > them in a bag. If that's the case, any camera is > field > > repairable. This is what the guy on the German sub > > movie did BTW. > > Javier > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html