Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello everyone, this is a first non-reply post for me thereby removing me from the mass of lug lurkers. i met many of you during the annual lug meeting at the ICP and it was a pleasure putting faces to many different names. here is my question. i just picked up a "user" m3 from someone over the internet because i've always wanted a classic m to shoot with. i was previously informed that the camera was not pretty to look at, which is fine since i fancy myself a shooter, not a collector. perhaps i'm too poor to be a collector 8?) anyway, there are 3 issues i find with my m3: first: there are some large scratches/scrapes that run along the mirror inside the viewfinder. they can be seen from both the eyepiece and the outer viewfinder. the viewfinder seems slightly dimmer than my m6ttl .85 finder. is this what they call slivering(or silvering) of the mirror? is this a serious problem? second: my m lenses (recent 50 and 35 summicrons) will not focus closer than 2.5 feet. any closer than 2.5 feet and the lens will still turn and focus another 1/2" closer, with the viewfinder remaining on the same focus distance. is that normal for m3's? my m6 will focus all the way down. third: there is a decent amount of resistance putting on/taking off lenses; more so than my m6. i hope i'm not being paranoid, but i wasn't informed of these issues and i wanted to get a second opinion before i went back to the seller. thanx! - -john _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html