Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/02

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Subject: Re: M3 Pressure Plate
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 1997 17:07:33 -0400

At 08:33 PM 6/2/97 +0200, Bert Keuken wrote:
>Dave, you've probably done your homework really well. But I remember
>having read some M3's were retro-fitted with metal pressure plates
>because glass sometimes has the property of breaking just when you don't
>want it to. Therefore it's possible your M3 was upgraded at a later
>point in time.

The change from glass to metal was because static electricity problems
occurred in dry climates.  The retro-fit was common.

Marc


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