Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Lens murder
From: TTAbrahams@aol.com
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 00:06:32 EST

Alexey, You and me booth. My M6O,85 is probably getting close to Exc- 
condition and that is after Leica replaced the shutterspeed dial and the 
rewind knob. The technician at Solms was somewhat worried and asked me how 
long I had owned the camera. When I said it was 1 year old (this was last 
year in March, and the 0,85 had only been out for 12 month), he looked 
worried and suggested that I, maybe, was a wee bit rough on my equipment. I 
had fixed the rewind crank myself, bent it back into a semblance of original 
shape with a screwdriver. The shutterspeed dial was a bit loose, but not 
disturbingly so, but he felt that it was a good idea to replace it now! My 
0,85 TTL is faring better, primarily because I dont use it as much, the 
rewind crank is only mildly warped and the black chrome is holding up well, 
at least under the tape! Cant wait to put some mileage on my Millenium M6, 
brass top-plate wears better than zinc in my mind.
Tom A