Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken any idea who? Peter Not quite a broken prism, but the two prisms that are glued together came apart. There are companies which will re-silver the prism, and glue them back together with modern adhesives. On 29 July 2018 at 12:04, Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > You have broken the prism inside the rf. Ouch > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 29, 2018, at 6:21 AM, Peter Dzwig >> <pdzwig at summaventures.com> > wrote: >> >> All, >> >> travelling in France. I knocked my M3 off my bedside table and it >> fell on to a floor of "tomette" tiles, landing square on its top >> plate. Result is that I can only see the centre focussing >> rectangle and the framelines.I presume that this means that I have >> somehow managed to shake the viewfinder loose in some way. >> >> (i) anyone got any smart ideas to fix it in the short term; >> >> (ii) Obviously it needs to be properly fixed when I get back in >> two or three weeks. Anyone got the name and address of a good M3 >> repairer in the UK? I know it could go back to Leica, but I >> suspect they will charge and arm and a leg and take forever, and as >> it non-current technology I bet they won't be too keen. >> >> Thanks >> >> Peter >> >> PS to make matters worse the IIIf is away for a CLA. I had thought >> about Classic Camera and Red Dot in London but personal >> recommendations count for a lot :-) >> >> _______________________________________________ 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 > -- Ken Iisaka first name at last name dot org or com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information .