Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/26

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Subject: [Leica] Equipment question....
From: "J. R. Goldman" <goldman@birch.math.umn.edu>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:18:23 -0500 (CDT)
 
Hi B.D.;
	Before you buy the M3, which is a great camera for the 90mm lens, 
check that the shutter is opening all the way a all speeds.
	Take off the lens and open the rear and hold the body up to a 
uniform light.  Then go through the speeds, especially the high ones.
I have seen M3's over the years with shutters that sounded wonderful but 
1/500 and 1/1000 were not right.  Then you have to figure a CLA into the 
price.
Jay Goldman