Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/24

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Subject: [Leica] I love my TTL but....
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 20:35:46 -0600

I do, I really do love my TTL. The metering is intuitive and very accurate.
Every control falls naturally to hand. I have just one nagging complaint:
when a finder is in the hot shoe, it is difficult to flip out the advance
lever. I have to reach up and over by the shutter speed dial to pull it out.
I hate that!!! My M2 has no problem as the lever curls out slightly at the
tip; just enough so you can easily flip it out.

So after one year I decided to take matters into my own hand. I bought the
tools for the M camera that Fargo sells (second-hand even, thanks Tristan)
and ordered a M3/2 advance lever from the Canadian distributor ($40.25CAN or
$26.14US at today's exchange rate). It fits just fine resting against the
shutter speed dial when pushed all the way in. I imagine this means I will
get some funny wear pattern on the dial and lever but now it WORKS! With a
finder mounted, I can easily flip out the advance lever.

Happy in Edmonton