dan d. chang

<p>The port on the left is for high light switch to high light then adjust, the port on the right is for low light switch to low and in an indoor dim lighting condition to adjust.</p>

<p>e-mail me I will help you</p>

<p>It took DAG 8 months to return my leica, he did a fabulous job, however, the turn around time is too long.</p>

<p >I can not find this in Google search, So I write down during CLA and hope this note can help other people who want to try CLA themselves.</p>

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<p >Carl Zeiss Contax 50mmf1.4 MMJ CLA</p>

<p > The front filter thread with the name plate will screw off by holding the lens barrel and the front part.The front group optical cells will screw off by a proper rubber ring and sheet</p>

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<p >The rear group optical cell will screw off at a whole group. If the optical cell near the aperture blades side you can clean the optical surface as well as the any oil on the blades. If the focus helical thread need re-grease or you need to total CLA this lens do the following</p>

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<p >From mount rear end, mark the position of the pin that connect the aperture coupler (from the lens it is at 11 o’clock from the lens mount side, the camera is located at 1 o’clock, when re-assembling if the position is not right it aperture will read different from f1.4, if move at the end of right side near the 12 o’clock side, it will read as f1.2, if move the left side it will read less), so mark this position, and the rings relate to each others, remove the three screws that hold the aperture coupling rings (two ring parts)</p>

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<p >Remove the four screw on he ring that hold the aperture click ring, there will be a small ball and spring under it, so be careful not lose these two small parts.</p>

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<p >Pull off the aperture ring</p>

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<p >Set at infinity mark the focus helical barrel position relate to each other</p>

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<p >Mark the two metal forks that limited the aperture blades unit from behind, two screws hold each of them, mark each metal fork position, they are little different in shape.</p>

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<p > Move the aperture blades unit out from the front (it is an alumina alloy)</p>

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<p >The critical part, the focus thread helical you have to mark the position before you take them apart, this position was adjusted at the infinite position in the factory. Move slowly marked the position when these two parts apart, after cleaning you need to put back at this position so you do not need mess up the infinite position.</p>

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<p >Clean the focus helical thread use an old tooth brush, re-grease. The assembling is in reverse order.</p>

 

His painting job is just so so, judge from the photos.

It is a sand paper job for sure, I knew one person bought a MP and sand papered to brass it. very few crasy people are there

>>>>Arthur Plumpton , Oct 24, 2008; 08:35 a.m.

While on vacation, 20-25 years ago, Wolf Camera in Charleston was selling off some remaining Leica stock, where I found a new 135mm Tele-Elmar (1975 to 1980 period) complete with shade, caps and bubble, for $285. At the time this was quite a bit less than the new price. Sold it 10 years later for $700 (to a used camera dealer at a show), but enjoyed its extra reach (if small VF image) for several years.<<<

 

Roy Moss may get most of the remaining stock.

M3 with Summarit for free

>>> I often wonder what Leica will do after the old Leicafiles with money go to the great leitz factory in the sky.<<<<

hahaha

Well like Voigtlander reincarnation after death.

The nearest distance your can adjust on a M3 is 0.8M that's no more.

I knew some diehard film fan dislike the end of film era. The fact is it is difficult to processing color film in your home, you do not want to poison your wife (maybe you do) and kids. pollute the enviroment by dump the chemcial in the sink. BW faces the same enviroment problem, well you may donot care.

 

After I removed the 105/2.5 's tripod mount, I feel less bulky.

>>>>There must be a real burn-out factor in repainting, or perhaps the fumes involved in the process affect their brains.<<<

 

No kindding, It will affect your brain if you breath too much fumes, memory lost, demention can occure depend on equipment used, for the guy he only own a small home shop, I guess his brain is burned.

Raid

You can remove the tripod mount from the 105/2.5 and make it lighter and less bulky. My suggestion is get raid most old lenses and just leave a set you like for classical looking, since the film era will be ended in the future, like it or not that's the trend and fact.

The 100/2 is also a heavy lens. singnature wise one is sonnar one is plannar. I think you are better to save the money to pay for the college tuition for your kids.

If you do not know how to paint your camera, just forget about it. the original black paint is poor quality and easy to wear off. The new paint is difficult to stick on the brass. I had several repaited camera, so far the best is hammered tone and lacquer, any primer will make the caera looks silly. SO do not bother repaint just shott it, repaint will make it worse in appearance.

This lens is very cheaply made, cheap not mean quality. The focus helical has lousy quality control, not tightly fit.

for looseing lens shade

1. use a blade to pry off the brand name ring, as said in the above post it was glued on (cheap)

2. use a spenner to take off the front lens group

3. There srte three screws hold the shade (cheaply made, lousy quality)

 

You get what you paid for.

We have high expectation on 35/1.4 unforturnately the final result is disappoitment.

There are another way around without take it apart, just replace the curtain and leave the puller string and metal clip in place. depend on skill.

Per Putz rangefinder concept is dead.

You have to use a adaptor to screw in a 39mm UV filter, and it is expensive.

you can buy a big piece of 50/50 mirror for cheap and cut into size, eazy to replace it yourselft.

 

http://members.myactv.net/~je245/beamsplitter.htm

 

check here

Ken Shipman, Nov 08, 2007; 03:49 p.m.

 

Careful, Dan. One day you too will be grandpa and bad karma will return to you.

 

When I become a grandpa and rich, probaly it is the time to join LHSA, however, I am not sure LHSA will savivie until then.

ehhh, join LHSA? No I quit after one year, used to be very informative and good place to buy used Leica gears. Now in the ebay and KEH age, LASH is much less important. Also I find I am too young or too poor to join this rich grandpa league club. Here and RFF will give me better information. The day of LHSA will be numbered after these loyal senior member depleted.

>>>Bob Atkins, Sep 20, 2007; 03:49 p.m.

Using an MF lens is a bit like driving a 70s muscle car. Real men use manual focusing. Only girlie men drive a Lexus. <<<<

 

Are these people who buy lexus homoseuals?

>>>M4, 21mm Super Angulon<<

 

are you sure, this is not a 50mm?