Very impressive and very brave of you to do all that work. It seems like people who are patient, careful and organized are able to work on screw mount Leica's. I'm hoping I'm one of them!
Very impressive and very brave of you to do all that work. It seems like people who are patient, careful and organized are able to work on screw mount Leica's. I'm hoping I'm one of them!Welcome and good luck. It's been quite a while since I've serviced and restored Leica's, so I wasn't sure about this typical screw anymore. Here a picture of one of the later samples I did - I always took them apart completely
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zorki_2007/albums/72157633280286499/with/8664139350/
tnx, well part of the work is to - be able to - get the right tools, not always easy ....and I didn't immediately start with working on Leica's but first trusted my hands on zorki's and the like...It seems like people who are patient, careful and organized are able to work on screw mount Leica's. I'm hoping I'm one of them!
Good to know. I plan on reporting how things turn out. I'm hoping they turn out well!tnx, well part of the work is to - be able to - get the right tools, not always easy ....and I didn't immediately start with working on Leica's but first trusted my hands on zorki's and the like...
Wish you good luck.....just for your inspiration here's another picture, of a black Leica III, I gave a thorough CLA:Good to know. I plan on reporting how things turn out. I'm hoping they turn out well!
Hey Ron, Thanks for the "blue" photo & encouragement. Your IIIf is the later version with the simplified slow shutter speeds. And it is interesting that it doesn't have the locking knob on the slow speed dial! My camera has the earlier slow speed dial with the locking knob at 1/30 which is similar to the late IIIc I believe.Wish you good luck.....just for your inspiration here's another picture, of a black Leica III, I gave a thorough CLA:
Hey Ron, Thanks for the "blue" photo & encouragement. Your IIIf is the later version with the simplified slow shutter speeds. And it is interesting that it doesn't have the locking knob on the slow speed dial! My camera has the earlier slow speed dial with the locking knob at 1/30 which is similar to the late IIIc I believe.
Thanks. Yes, I mis-read your earlier post! It's really good to get all this info and see the parts. Makes me slightly less frightened! I just received the IIIc front plate spare part. I will start checking it out tomorrow to see how to approach the frozen screw on my IIIf body. An online tech that posts to YouTube suggested a touch of oil, waiting a few days, then using a hairdryer to heat up the screw and try unscrewing it with a large screw driver that fits well. He didn't think the front plate needed to come off the body but I'm concerned about the oil dripping down onto the curtains. Hmm...Yep blue shine from my desk lamp - but it isn't a IIIf, just a III from a fellow member who asked me to repair his camera (years ago btw), with quite a low serial as I remember. What I found so typical with this III were all the shims under the lens mounting ring....
For a user camera you are better of with a later IIIC or IIIF since they had become ball bearing shutters...they are therefore I my opinion smoother in operation than the earlier leica's. Here a IIIF from a fellow member which I made some new shutter curtains for (and it seemed to have a broken spring in one of the curtainrollers) - it has also the knob on the slow speed shutter dial (apparently I tried to change the white balance...):
Thanks John! I think I have what I need for the part I'm dealing with but will check out Microtools.For tools I believe Microtools has a site in the EU.
Thanks. Yes, I mis-read your earlier post! It's really good to get all this info and see the parts. Makes me slightly less frightened! I just received the IIIc front plate spare part. I will start checking it out tomorrow to see how to approach the frozen screw on my IIIf body. An online tech that posts to YouTube suggested a touch of oil, waiting a few days, then using a hairdryer to heat up the screw and try unscrewing it with a large screw driver that fits well. He didn't think the front plate needed to come off the body but I'm concerned about the oil dripping down onto the curtains. Hmm...
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