Leica III a - elevated speed dial at 1/1000 s

[Thomas78]

Hello,

Today my first Leica III a (user condition) arrived at home.

At first glance, all speeds seems to work (and the slow speeds look OK), but when I select 1/1000 s at the shutter speed dial the wheel latches in a elevated position, about 1 mm higher than at the other speeds.

Is this normal at a Leica III a or should I be worried?

Regards,
Thomas

 

[Dralowid]

Thomas, it is normal in my experience, others will explain why.

And don't worry about 1/1000 too much, it may not be that accurate!

Michael

 

[KoNickon]

That seems to be normal with a lot of the cameras that have shutter speed dials that rotate. The Nikon S2 does the same; I think the Canon bottom loader RFs, FEDs and Zorkis do as well.

 

[tjh]

Normal on mine.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Normal. It's even in (some) instruction books/manuals.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Deejon]

For what it's worth, it happens on my IIIa too.
Enjoy the camera,

D.J.

 

[agricola]

This is an extract from the Leica user manual for the IIIf - on p. 6 next to a photo of how to turn the shutter speed dial:

"After winding shutter, lift main speed dial, turn it until the desired speed is opposite the arrow and allow the dial to drop into its catch. At 1/1000 sec. the dial will not drop back quite so deeply"

You can get a pdf of the manual on the net - hit google.

 

[wolves3012]

That seems to be normal with a lot of the cameras that have shutter speed dials that rotate. The Nikon S2 does the same; I think the Canon bottom loader RFs, FEDs and Zorkis do as well.

FEDs and Zorkis sit higher on the slower speeds (1/60-1sec), if they have them, not on 1/1000th

 

[wolves3012]

Hello,

Today my first Leica III a (user condition) arrived at home.

At first glance, all speeds seems to work (and the slow speeds look OK), but when I select 1/1000 s at the shutter speed dial the wheel latches in a elevated position, about 1 mm higher than at the other speeds.

Is this normal at a Leica III a or should I be worried?

Regards,
Thomas

It's normal. The 1/1000th uses a separate timing mechanism and that's why, it sits higher so the mechanics misses the "normal" one.