Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, What a relief. It would have been terrible to have lost your DMR for that. Best wishes, Charlie On 3 Nov 2012, at 19:32, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > At least this time there is no mention of vice grips and hammers in the > repair ;-) > Glad to read that you solved this though and can keep that DMR in action. > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 4 November 2012 01:38, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > wrote: > >> This morning I managed to knock the DMR's control wheel off and after >> calming down I gathered the parts and figured out where they all belonged. >> >> There are three loose parts when the control wheel comes off: the wheel >> itself, the set button, and a tiny ball bearing that enables the wheel's >> click-stop detents. The ball bearing sits in a little hollow on the left >> rim of the ridge surrounding the contacts on the DMR. The 'set' button is >> placed loose in the center of the contacts, then the control wheel just >> snaps back in place. >> >> It looks like the three lobes surrounding the 'set' button are not equal >> size so it seemed easier to snap the wheel back in place when I snapped >> the >> right side down first. YMMV. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information