[Leica] RE: Leicaflex SL repair manual

[qiao_li at mentor.com (Qiao Li)]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the suggestion. As Doug commented, my Leicaflex SL has a
solid back.

I have a Minolta X-9 that produces red vertical stripe on exposures
occassionally that may be due to the film window seal. With a
Leicaflex, I am not inclined to repair the X-9 any time soon. :-)

Thanks.

Qiao

> Also possible that the film window seal on the back door is failing.   
> Happened to me on a relatively young R9.
> 
> Made a vertical red line on all exposures, same location every frame.
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 18, 2008, at 10:49 AM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> Qiao Li <qiao_li@mentor.com> wrote:
> 
> > I haven't been successful at finding a Leciaflex SL repair
> > reference. Does anyone has a good pointer on where to find one?
> 
> I haven't either.  Many of the SL repairs are similar to repairs for the
> Leicaflex Standard, so if you find the Leicaflex repair manual it will
> apply to many SL repairs.  There are four different versions of the
> Leicaflex so where ever there are differences in the Leicaflex Standard
> repairs the instructions for the LAST version are closest to the SL
> procedures.
> 
> > Doug, I am trying to imagine how the light leaks into the top 1/3
> > of the picture. The viewfinder is closer to the bottom the of
> > picture, could the light meter cell on the floor of the mirror box
> > reflect the leaked light onto the top 1/3 of the picture?
> 
> This is also possible.  Is your meter cell ribbed or flat?
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com