[Leica] Dumbassed CL questions!

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Hi Javier,
Merry wjhatecveer you're celebrating,
I think David Young has all the Leica manuals (including the CL) on his 
site, I could have sent you a scan of mine but, unfortunately it's in 
German.
Take a look at

http://www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/_private/clbook/cl-index.htm

I think you may find what you need.
Hope this helps
Douglas


Javier Perez wrote:

> Hi Everyone
>
> As you've probably guessed I'vw had a run in with a CL on ebay. Paid 
> too much thinking it was "clean" and it wasn't. Still, on camaritarian 
> grounds it seems right to get the thing running again. I've already 
> managed to un jam the shutter and resilver the prism (my way) but have 
> a few questions about the meter.
>
> 1) Without battery, at which speed and ASA does the meter needle 
> reside in the center notch?
>    I think it's 1/60 at 100 but I'm not sure.
>
> 2) With a 1.35 battery at which combination of speed and ASA does the 
> needle reside in the
>    center  notch. I think it's B or 1/2 at 100 but again I'm not sure
>
> 3) and finally wht ios the nominal impedence for the meter proper. 
> Mine had an open circuit and I had to bridge across ac ouple of 
> windings. I get 3.9K but I'm not sure what it should be.
>
> Anyway, it's a fun little camera to work on but I can see how the 
> linkages on the meter might get screwed up. Because the meter doesn't 
> have the mechanical travel range, it bottoms out and a red flag 
> appears. If you are overpowering or don't see the flag you can wind up 
> wrecking the whole meter linkage. I had thought this narrow range 
> metering scheme had died with the bullseye but I guess I was wrong. 
> Still, it's a lovely little camera. I'd love  to do an SPD/LED 
> conversion on it!
>
> Anyway, Any info is very much appreciated.
> Merry Xmas to all!
> Javier
>
>
>
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