Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is no screw; the finders were glued together. Leica wants $112 to service those finders. Cheers - ------------ Dante Stella On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Donna-Lee Phillips wrote: > Does anyone know a repair person who will do a very simple reassemble of > a 21 mm bright line finder? It is chrome, rectangular, and came with my > 21 Super Angulon and M-2. I took it apart in 1984 because some humidity > had got inside the thing, but before I could get the black paint > replaced and the finder reassembled, I was in a brain-injuring auto > accident. I am just now relearning to use my Leicas, and could probably > put the finder back together, but I no longer have the hand-eye > coordination required, and can't even see a screw the size of the > missing one. > > It requires only some black paint on the edges of the optical glass, > straightening out the little piece of glass with the "bright line" so it > is correctly positioned, and that one tiny screw on the eyepiece. > > Sherry Krauter doesn't work on "old model finders". The list of repair > facilities I have is more than two years out of date. Someone > recommended a place two years ago when I inquired, some in Canada, but I > let the box sit around so long I lost the label... and there isn't any > Canadian listed on the list I have. > > Thank you, > > > Donna-Lee > > -- > 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