Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"B. D. Colen" wrote: > > Looking in the front rangefinder window you will probably notice some gold > 'dust' -speckling. According to Sherry Krauter, there is no cure. She says > there are some folks who say they can strip the mutha down and reassemble > it, but her view - if I am quoting her correctly - is that the rangefinder > will never be the same. > > Of course it may be quite a while before yours gives up the ghost, so don't > plan the funeral yet... > > B. D. > What is the gold stuff? Is it silver oxydizing off the pellicle mirror? Why would the camera be different, if you replaced the pellicle with an identical one? Isn't that what is done in old LTM cameras? Or is it that the glues start to breakdown? thanks, feli - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html