I can’t believe you people actually talk about this ? Wind,?smoothness. Sounds like a lot of b.s. . Either the image is awesome or not? Anything on 35mm is poor! Unless it’s a pinhole.
You're saying you have 11 Leicas that need service??
I wouldn't describe it as "flushing". It's a very light application to the affected area. I actually learned about doing this from talking to Frank Marshman.
You're right, it's not a real or permanent fix in some cases, but it others, it works really well.
I'm surprised that Frank recommended that. He's a member of the Learn Camera Repair group on Facebook, and he discourages that in the group. The problem is that you're just moving the gunk elsewhere in the camera, and leaving parts with no lubricant, which causes increased wear.
Exactly. I have "only" 4 Leica bodies, 1 Barnack and 3 Ms. Every single one of them has been serviced/CLAed within the last few years and they are all butter smooth in use and quiet when fired. A rough wind or loud shutter on an Lecia is a cry for help.
It's funny, too, because I am a very long time Nikon manual F mount user. (I have too many of those tooI always admired the mechanical strength and durability of the Nikkormat/F/F2 family of machines. But after shooting a Leica, every time I go back to my beloved Nikons, they seem crude and inelegant by comparions. But they are the only game in town when I need something to abuse in bad weather or use with a long lens.
....Radost....
"Hi, I got a great deal on an M2. Cleaned and lubricated the slow speeds. Tried to do the same for the winder “which winds hard” but without success. Unless I don’t know exactly where to do it."
As it happens, I got a chance to inspect a just-CLAed absolutely beautiful black M4-P today. Guess what? It is absolutely not as silky smooth to advance the film winder on my M2, M4, or M5. I guess there is something to the theory that the older brass mechanisms "worked in" better and gave a better tactile experience that the newer post-M5 bodies.
Color me surprised.
P.S. I would love to repeat this test with a modern M6, M-A, or MP. If anyone would like to gift me any of these - for science, of course - I would be happy to report back here. I am generous fellow that way ..
Exactly. I have "only" 4 Leica bodies, 1 Barnack and 3 Ms. Every single one of them has been serviced/CLAed within the last few years and they are all butter smooth in use and quiet when fired. A rough wind or loud shutter on an Lecia is a cry for help.
It's funny, too, because I am a very long time Nikon manual F mount user. (I have too many of those tooI always admired the mechanical strength and durability of the Nikkormat/F/F2 family of machines. But after shooting a Leica, every time I go back to my beloved Nikons, they seem crude and inelegant by comparions. But they are the only game in town when I need something to abuse in bad weather or use with a long lens.
My Ms have seen lots of rough weather from the Alps to Alaska and the Himalaya and back.
Nikons are a soft spot with me too... as far a smooth....
A do-it-yourselfer.... complaining about smoothness of a Leica bought cheap....doesn't get any sympathy from me, but then again i don't do my own root canals.
They are precision instruments and operate superbly....needing only occasional service.
Yabut that Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 AIS...
Had several loved them!......but that Leitz 180 3.4 Apo-Telyt...... if i could have welded that on an F or F2.... instead of an R3.... heaven!
I have never gone down the Leica SLR... and ai ain't gonna...
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