[Leica] OT: Contax T

[ahgraves at prodigy.net (Allen Graves)]

A year or so ago,someone on one of the Contax lists said that Essex 
Camera Repair still fixed the Contax T and had some spare parts.

After looking at my camera, the rails seem to do very little. There 
seems to be enough play in the spring that the back would probably 
compress the spring enough to hold the pressure plate down. The rails 
are very thin and I suspect that they are there primarily to prevent 
wear on the plastic back.

If you get this one cheap enough, perhaps you could find a 
non-working one and cannibalize the back...

Allen


>Eric,
>
>The 'gate' you describe is a swing away
>film pressure plate, similar to the one in
>a Rollei 35.  The back of the pressure plate in closed
>position has a spring on it. The rails I am
>asking about are on the inside of the camera
>back, and it looks like they are supposed to
>be in contact with the pressure plate spring
>when the back is closed.
>
>My question:  how bad is it if one of the rails is
>missing,  even tough the camera is otherwise in good
>shape? I assume the odds are slim that
>I can find anyone to fix it.
>
>Peter C.
>California USA
>