Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/18

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Subject: RE: [Leica] finder flare
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:00:22 -0400

You're not wrong, Daniel. According to Erwin Puts the problem has something
to do with the fact that Leica removed a particular condenser lens from the
rangefinder assembly. Some would suggest it was done to reduce costs, but I
would never be so cynical as to suggest that. ;-)

B. D.

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Daniel
Ridings
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:16 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] finder flare


> the future, or we all retrofit new rangefinders.  I know people do this,
but
> it's a pretty bizarre idea unless you're putting a new rangefinder into an
> M2 for example.

In my case it was a new rangefinder that went into an M3. Had I known
then, what I know now, I would have never permitted it. I bought my Leicas
30 years ago and wasn't aware of problems that cropped up when they had to
redesign the rangefinder to fit in some of the metering stuff for the M6.
I'm not expert, I might be wrong on that.

Yes, otherwise it would be absurd.


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