Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DAG replace the beamsplitter in my IIIf ric On Jun 6, 2007, at 8:58 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Ken Ruth turned an unusable Leica IIIf into a very nice shooter. I do > think he replaced a mirror in there somewhere. When I bought the > camera, it supposedly had just been CLA'd. The CLA was so poor, I > assumed that the IIIf must be a crap camera. > > On 6/6/07, H. Ball Arche <h_arche@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Yeah, that's what I thought, even though I've never >> used one. And at the bid price its showing, it would >> almost a better deal to got ahead and replace the >> mirror. >> >> BTW Ric, I've been watching the Harbor series and of >> course feeling homesick, especially the Swanquarter >> Mist one. >> >> --- Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: >> >> > Isn't that over the wrong window in debay photo? >> > >> > Seems to me to work better of the right window >> > turning the center >> > spot orange. Works better for me anyway. >> > >> > ric >> > >> > >> > On Jun 6, 2007, at 8:12 PM, H. Ball Arche wrote: >> > >> > > >> > >> Anyone of you know if the rangefinder contrast >> > (for >> > >> focusing) could be >> > >> replaced? >> > >> >> > >> I think that in Europe I can obtain a good CLA by >> > >> Lutton, or Malcolm Taylor, >> > >> but previously I want to do my experiments... >> > >> >> > >> Thanks again, >> > >> Saludos desde Barcelona >> > >> Luis >> > > >> > > CRR Luton can rebuild your rangefinder, or replace >> > the >> > > mirror, which will fix the rangefinder contrast, >> > but >> > > cheaper than that the short term fix is to get one >> > of >> > > those little orange filters that clip on over the >> > > front rangefinder window: >> > > >> > > http://tinyurl.com/23yoz2 >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> > >> > > ______________ >> > > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights >> > and hotels with >> > > Yahoo! FareChase. >> > > http://farechase.yahoo.com/ >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Leica Users Group. >> > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >> > for more information >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> > more information >> > >> >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _______________ >> Finding fabulous fares is fun. >> Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find >> flight and hotel bargains. >> http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > -- > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, LA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information