Source for little red index dot?

A source for the little red index dot (glued to the lens barrel) was mentioned somewhere on thie site recently but I don't get any response. Does anybody else have a source for these little things?

By any chance did you try calling Leica?

No, I haven't called them. Would they bother taking calls on a

little thing like that?

I am sure they would not mind. You could also try the reputable Leica

repair places and you can find a list of those by rummaging around on

the Leica Historical Society web site, www.lhsa.org A couple of my old

Leica chrome lenses have the dots missing and I do not find it a

problem aligning it to mount on the body as the dot indent is still

there.

I have ordered several insignificant items from Leica, and they even

sent me the R7 owners manual for free. Call them.

Just call Leica parts, they have them. Contact your distributor for

how to order parts.

 

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Cheers

Why do you need the little red dot? Mine fell off years ago, and I have no trouble attaching the lenses. If I did, I'd put a spot of red nail polish on the depression once occupied by the dot. Of course I realize that only a philistine would insult the fine sensibilities of Leica owners by suggesting that the dot is not essential and that in a week or so its absence may not even be noticed, but after surviving the loss of one of my own dots relatively unaffected, I decided to forget about them altogether. I'm not entirely normal yet, but I'm feeling much better. You should know, though, that even before the dot fell off, I occasionally put on the the body caps with the Leica name cocked or even upside down.

Two things. First, I'm quite discomforted at the possibility of my

red index/feeler dots falling off my Leica lenses. I do hope it's not

a common fault. Second, there isn't much of anything placed on a

Leica body or lens that isn't somehow necessary or useful, the one

excepted item that comes to mind is the frame-line preview lever (what

the hell is it used for, anyway, besides seeing the other

framelines?). The red dot is useful to me because I put my thumb on

it so I can mount a lens without looking, and sometimes the red color

is helpful for when mounting a lens when I <u>am</u> looking. Please

tell me my red dots will not be prone to falling off. What next??

Sorry Tony. Of my 5 Leica lenses, only one has its red dot. The

last one to leave was from a 90mm lens which was only two years old.

The only lens of mine that still has its dot is my oldest... the 1980

35mm Summicron... with the original tab, (round, not cutout).

 

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As for the frame preview... it allows you to accurately curse the

lack of the correct lens that you left at home. Without this

important feature, you might wish for your 28mm lens when what you

really needed was the 35. When doing that "one lens" thing, this

little lever has caused me great frustration.

Jim, there's another thread on this, posted by Joe Buechler. Also,

someone (but I can't find the thread) posted a similar item on

another small part, and the responses were to the effect that Leica

mails them to you free, and you glue them on. Me, I haven't lost one

yet. Guess I'm not using my Leicas enough.

 

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Regards,

My own way to replace the red dot: there are many sizes of plastic

collar beads sold in any ´thread & needle´ stores. Find the right

size and color, grasp it with your fingers and sand-paper it until

you have rub off half of it. Glue it with a good cement.