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All the Pen bodies operate exactly the same with the same lenses. I have had all, and to me, the FV is the best user with the brighter finder and single-stroke operation. Do you have some reason to need to know the exact measurements? Is there something we don’t know?

They were on the Sunny16 podcast interviewed at the Photography Show in Birmingham on last week’s episode.

<p>Well I heard from Leica USA today. That was after I got a delivery failure to the Leica USA repair address and then sent a message to Leica AG with the same query.<br> A guy answered me that, as I suspected, the base unscrews. He said the mechanism is a simple wedge design. Now the challenge is how to get it unscrewed. There's only about a 1mm lip exposed to grab onto to, which probably isn't enough. <br> I asked him for suggestions, but I'd ask the group too.<br> Skip<br> <img src="http://www.skipwilliams.com/upload/QB220135e.jpg" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.skipwilliams.com/upload/QB220136e.jpg" alt="" /><br> http://www.skipwilliams.com/upload/QB220135e.jpg<br> http://www.skipwilliams.com/upload/QB220136e.jpg</p>

<p>Well I still haven't figured out how to maintain this thing and nobody yet has told me how to take it apart. <br> I suspect that you have to unscrew the steel base from the housing, but there's no easy way to grab hold of it.<br> I'm also hesitant to spray WD40 into it, because if it makes it too slippery, there's no way to clean the lubricant out. <br> I emailed repair@LeicaUSA and the email came back as undeliverable.<br> Maybe I'll try emailing Leica AG </p>

<p>I'm pretty sure that there is crap inside that's preventing the screw from engaging the ball properly. I'd really like to clean the thing out rather than spraying more gunk inside.<br> So nobody knows how to get it open?<br> Skip</p>

<p>I have one of the old, small black/chrome E.Leitz ball heads like the one below. I purchased it new in the mid-late 1970's, so it's around 35 years old.<br> It's gotten so stiff that it's very hard to get it to tighten up. <br> Does anyone know how to open them up for maintenance? And when I get it apart, what do I do?<br> Thanks in advance,<br> Skip Williams<br />skipwilliams<br />at<br />pobox<br />dot com<br> http://www.cccamera.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Leitz-Small-Ball-Head-Black.jpg</p>