Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/23

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Subject: [Leica] M3 question - 2d focusing image
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Tue Nov 23 13:43:22 2004
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Send it out for a good cleaning first. Often that will brighten things 
back up on old M cameras.

John Collier

On Nov 23, 2004, at 10:44 AM, Frank Farmer wrote:

> I have a question about the 2d image in the viewfinder of my M3.  I've 
> read a little about this and think I know the answer but would like 
> the input of the list.  Here goes:  The 2d image in my M3 viewfinder 
> is much lighter than I would expect it to be.  It is certainly lighter 
> or fainter than the 2d image in my M6-TTL.  Does this mean that the 
> mirror needs to be cleaned somehow (via CLA)?  Are there other 
> problems that could cause the 2d image to be faint?  I've also read 
> about separation in the viewfinder being evident by the rangefinder 
> patch "blacking out."  I don't think this is the problem, nothing is 
> black in the viewfinder.  As always, thanks in advance.
In reply to: Message from frankandaubrey at mindspring.com (Frank Farmer) ([Leica] M3 question - 2d focusing image)