Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I presume it has a Compur shutter, so presuming that it fires OK, I'd be inclined to hold off on its CLA and give it a bit of use unless it's filthy. Fire the shutter regularly in a warm room at all the speeds for a while, and see if you can check if they are accurate. Run a test film in it after this activity and see what you get. I'd nearly bet that the results will be good. Use the saved CLA money to buy a Zoomar lens for it! Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Clayton McKee" <leica@rcmckee.com> To: "leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:14 PM Subject: [Leica] need help with new toy > Over the holiday I was given, from an estate sale, a very nice (maybe > mint-) Voigtlander Bessamatic with the Skopar 50/2.8 lens. It's > about my age, but in far better shape... though it probably started > out in better condition, too.... > > Anyway there's no telling when it was used last (the film in it is an > original Kodacolor 400 in the black and gold canister) but aside from > being just a bit stiff, everything seems to work properly and > I think I've got all the functions figured out. Of course there's > also no telling how terribly far off the meter is. > > But what I'm probably going to need is a place to send it for CLA. > Any recommendations? > > > > -- > > > R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com > Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request-- > > > R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com > Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >