Recent content by WilliamKT50

I figured out what's up. One of the shutter tape strips has come unglued from the drum. Looks like a piece of film got caught in the works, which has me questioning whether or not I followed the film loading and cutting instructions as well as I thought. Anyway, I'm not going to tear it down any...

Well, I appreciate the vote of confidence, but keep in mind that all I did was pull the camera's guts out of its case. That's nine screws and no risk of any springs or other things launching themselves up and out of the camera, never to be seen again. That's also removing the base plate, which...

Hello everyone, Everyone was very helpful with my focusing to infinity question earlier, and I appreciate that. The camera was working fine about a week ago when I first got it. I worked it through all of the shutter speeds, including the slow ones, when I first got it home. Watching through...

Looks like a little adjustment to the screw under the screw beside the viewfinder window has taken care of the problem. I went to an area in my city where I could see some communication towers in the very far distance. On a hazy day, they would have been hard to see. When I first looked at them...

Hello everyone, I recently picked up a Leica IIIc that while it shows its age, it appears to be fully functional. I'm running a test roll of film through it, but haven't yet shot every exposure. At present time, the only M39 lens I have is an Industar 61 52/2.8 that came to me many years ago...