Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/02

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Contax T
From: dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)
Date: Mon Aug 2 17:08:16 2004
References: <20040802203340.93202.qmail@web13521.mail.yahoo.com>

Hey Peter:

If I recall, you are correct and the rails push on two springs on the 
back of the pressure plate, thereby holding the plate against the film 
against the body.  I would probably skip the body if it has that 
problem, unless it is reeeeaallly cheap.

Cheers
Dante

On Aug 2, 2004, at 4:33 PM, PMCC wrote:

> OK LUG brainiacs out there, who knows
> something about the Contax T (not T2, T3
> or T whatever)?
>
> Intrigued by the piece on Dante's website,
> I decided to check one out at the neighborhood
> camera shop.  Nice looking cosmetics and
> appears (without running and processing a
> test roll) to work.   This one is black.
>
> Here's the question:  on the inside surface
> of the camera back there are two shallow
> vertical slots in which thin metal rails are
> inset.  One of them has been glued back in,
> the other one is completely missing.  They
> appear to press up against the spring on the
> black of the film pressure plate when the
> camera is closed. But neither the camera shop
> guy nor I can figure out the exact function and
> thus don't know if its absence is critical.  No
> body appears to fix these things.  Can anybody
> help?  Also, what would you as a knowledgeable
> Contax T user/fan be willing to pay for one of
> these, as a pocket take-along camera?  Other
> considerations?  I know you folks are a fund of arcane
> information and trenchant opinions,
> so let's have it.  Off line if the crowd objects to
> excessive onlist traffic. Thanks!
>
> rgds
> Peter Choy
> California USA
>
>
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