Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/27

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Subject: [Leica] Pentax Spotmatic, but it has a stain in the focusing screen
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:24:47 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
 
Vick Ko wrote:

>I got a cheap Pentax Spotmatic, but it has a stain in the focusing 
>screen.  It is more of an annoyance than a functionality-breaker, and I 
>have information on how to tear it apart to clean.
>
>But maybe it is too much trouble to clean.

Focussing screens are delicate.  I would have a good service technician fix 
the problem.

>Were these cameras prone to getting focus screen stains?

Doesn't matter, your camera has the stain.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com