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Subject: [Leica] M3, very low rangefinder patch brightness
From: eric.calderwood at btinternet.com (EricC)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:09:26 -0000
References: <mailman.753.1257924756.28189.lug@leica-users.org> <20C4F0A3-E9EC-4AA9-9F35-CD49979C59F9@yahoo.co.uk>

I would contact Peter, who is CRR, first as I know he is usually snowed 
under with work.

His web site is here :-

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Leica/

Regards
Eric

NO ARCHIVE




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Cheyne" <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M3, very low rangefinder patch brightness

CUT

> I understand that the RF patch might have faded over time.  My M3 was 
> made in 1955.  So I have two questions.
> 1.  Is the low brightness on the M3's RF patch due to its fading over 
> time?
> 2.  How can this be repaired? (And at what cost?)
> I live in Japan, but will be going to the UK for Christmas, so perhaps  a 
> company I have heard of (CRR?) in Luton
> might be able to repair the RF for me.
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> Peter
>
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