Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmm... My IIIfRD has three tiny screw in the knurling (edge) of the shutter speed dial that I used to correct the problem you mention. Perhaps the BD is different. Ken Wilcox At 9:02 AM -0700 5/31/0, jkish@mind.net wrote: >There are no screws on the side of the dial, it's a screwmount, IIIf BD if >that makes a difference. > >From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com> >>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 20:03:14 -0400 >>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>Subject: [Leica] Re: IIIf shutter dial question >> >>Loosen those little screws on the side of the dial, twist the knob into the >>correct alignment and retighten them. 30 second repair. >> >>Ken Wilcox >> >>At 3:32 -0700 5/29/0, a fine scholar, jkish@mind.net wrote: >> >>>The shutter speed selector on this relic is rotating on the body (the top >>>dial and its base), and therefore the selected speed seldom lines up with >>>the little arrow on the flash mount. With a little force I can line it back >>>up, but it soon drifts about 10-15 degrees clockwise after a few changes of >>>the dial. My question is, is this common? Easy/difficult to fix? Right now >>>it's a minor annoyance, but I'd like to remedy it. >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Jim >> >> >>---- >>Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits >> preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> >> <kwilcox@gfn.org> >> >> >> >> >> DO NOT use the reply fuction! Address any response to wilcox@tir.com - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>