Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I posted this a few days ago but, I think was overlooked? Check this out: http://www.konermann.net/shade.html Is this the solution some are looking for? -Andrew - ---------- >From: Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Looks stupid but it works (rangefinder repair) >Date: Thu, Sep 26, 2002, 11:00 PM > > My daughter has her birthday. Yesterday evening I was taking pictures of > her and BAM ... that M6 rangefinder that was put into my M3 did its thing. > It flares in ALL available light situations. Never horizontal and vertical > shots at the same time ... but I don't like compositions to be steered by > such stupid circumstances as if the rangefinder flares or not. > > So I took the corner of some white copying paper. I cut off a piece the > width of the middle window on the viewfinder and of a length that was > enough to cover the window from top to bottom and extend up over on the > top plate. I put a good crease in it and fastened it to the top plate with > some tape and let the rest cover the middle window. > > I went back to the same position as before ... no flare. I lifted up the > paper, and the flare came back. It was really working. The viewfinder > lines are still there, it's easy to focus in dim light. It looks stupid > but it works like a charm. > > Now I'll probably carefully cut out a piece to fit exactly over the glass > of the middle window and hold it in place with some Scotch magic tape. (To > try and make it look less stupid). > > Anyone with similar problems ... give it a shot. From now on I'll always > have some paper and a roll of tape in my camera back (it's not a very > robust repair and will have to be re-worked now and then). > > Makes one wonder if the whole problem couldn't be fixed with thick frosted > glass on the middle window. > > Be nice, > Daniel > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html