Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/24

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Subject: Re: leica cl
From: "Peter J. Fasi" <ar487@detroit.freenet.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 13:15:08 -0800

Steven Blutter wrote:
> 
> Hey fellas, i'm new to this group but my love of the M's goes back 25
> yrs when i traded a nikkormat for a IIIf, then graduated to M's.
> I just picked up a CL (mine was stolen 10 yrs ago) and the strap lug on
> the back has been repaired but the repair doesn't look like it will hold
> for too long.
> -any ideas of where to get a CL back.  any horde of parts?
> -also, in an old Popular Photography lab report it is mentioned that the
> 40mm Summi.CL is not accurate on other M's.  Would love to use it on my
> M'3's as the 40 should just about cover the entire VF (outside the 50mm
> bright lines). anyone seen a lab report on summi 40mm CL on a reg. M?
> rgrds, sblutter
On a related note, I lost the instruction manual to my Leica CL and had
not used the meter because of accuracy problems. There is a 'flag' that
appears in the top right-hand corner or the viewfinder at certain
shutter speeds. Any idea what this indicates?