Leicaflex Standard MK I prism

[JW PHOTO]

I just picked up a nice Leicaflex Standard MK I that works perfect and looks very nice except for...................! Yup, the prism. The prism looks like somebody shook a can of coca-cola and sprayed it inside the prism. I thought it might be just something on the screen or between the eyepiece and prism so I pulled the top and removed the prism. Well, it's definitely the prism. My question is does anybody here know if any other prism will fit in place of the original? Trying to find a Leica prism would be near impossible and probably cost twice as much as what I paid for the camera. I'm going to try and watch for a parts body, but even those are not cheap. It's still usable, but is like looking through a forest to see one tree. Any ideas?

 

[miha]

Your Leicaflex sufers desilvering. Quite common unfortunately. No other prism will fit but the original.

 

[Diapositivo]

I just picked up a nice Leicaflex Standard MK I that works perfect and looks very nice except for...................! Yup, the prism. The prism looks like somebody shook a can of coca-cola and sprayed it inside the prism. I thought it might be just something on the screen or between the eyepiece and prism so I pulled the top and removed the prism. Well, it's definitely the prism. My question is does anybody here know if any other prism will fit in place of the original? Trying to find a Leica prism would be near impossible and probably cost twice as much as what I paid for the camera. I'm going to try and watch for a parts body, but even those are not cheap. It's still usable, but is like looking through a forest to see one tree. Any ideas?

A laboratory should be able to "resilver" the prism. You should look for those laboratories which do mainentance for home telescopes and the likes.