Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Depends if it's the non-parallax adjusting version for the V series cameras or the one with the parallax dial. I've read that the latter is more sought after but not as rare. The former one is kind of easy to find and if you don't have the camera that goes with it, doesn't work well. It won't sit in the shoe level and can have a sloppy fit since it was designed to move around. I just sold a parallax dial one not too long ago with a Voigtlander 28mm f/1.9 lens. They run under $100 for one in excellent condition, so repair might not be cost effective unless it's just the labor of love. Phil Forrest On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:22:42 -0500 Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote: > Thanks all. > > Replacing the front convex lens is much much harder. The 5cm > brightline is made of plano air surfaces; only the mirrored surface > for projecting the brightlines is curved. > > I suggest you find a junker body to start with (I have no idea how > rare the black Canon 28 is). > > Vick > > > On 1/19/2011 7:03 AM, W. R. Smith wrote: > > Congrats, but now that you have time, you can figure out how to > > replace the front convex glass element on my vintage Canon 28 black > > VF that's missing! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information