[Leica] Leicaflex SL

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Wei:

Thanks for the warning!  I will have to wait 2 weeks before I get to handle 
the camera and lens.  I hope my seller was telling the truth when he said the 
SL was in excellent+ condition!

Muhammad


Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 23:35:59 GMT
From: "wei zhang" <milklover2@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Leica] Re: Leicaflex SL lenses
Message-ID: <20000606233559.80081.qmail@hotmail.com>
References: 

Hi Muhammad,
Be sure to check your SL's film take-up spool, I just bought one (a black 
finished one as well) about two weeks ago for $380.  However, the problem is 
(which the seller didn't mention) that the plastic spokes of the take-up 
spool are all broken off.  So now, I'm kind of stucked.  I called the Leica 
camera repair in CA (found their phone number on shutterbug) and they said 
it's a common problem, that's why leica's made metal replacement parts for 
it.  I don't know, I'm looking for a good and reasonable repairshop myself.  
I mean mine still usable just have to use a piece of tape to tape the film 
leader to the spool...
Anyway, the main reason I want to reply is because I want to say that the 
1-cam lenses works very nicely on Leicaflex SL as well.  Before I bought my 
SL, I first have a Leicaflex Standard with several 1-cam lenses and then 
later bought a R7 two month before the SL, and actually all three cameras 
take the 1-cam lenses very nicely.  The only thing I have to do to use the 
1-cam lenses on SL and R7 is that, to take the lens stop-down meter reading. 
  Other than that, they are fine.  I don't about ROM lenses since I don't 
have one.  The only lens I've tried which fits on my R7, but not on SL is my 
Tamron 300mm F2.8 lens since the adaptall adapter is bigger than the rear 
plate on the leica lenses (not the mount through), so I just couldn't put it 
in.


Wei