Loose Window in Bessa L Frame Counter

[leighmarrin]

My Bessa L had a slightly dusty frame-counter window, and I started to lightly clean it, and it broke loose AND FELL INTO THE CAMERA! Holding the camera upside down and shaking it, I can't get it to fall back into place... Any info on how to take off the Bessa L top plate, and what glue to reglue it, would be greatly appreciated. I really love the Bessa L: it's so much lighter than my Leicas or Kiev RF, and its shutter release is the lightest I've ever felt on a mechancial shutter. Thanks for reading; Leigh M. in Santa Barbara, Calif.

 

[gcsk76]

Hi Leighmarrin, I need that answer too. I sent my L for a paint job, and my frame counter window was painted black.

I need to remove the top to throw off the window 😀

 

[Shadesofgrey]

Me Too!

Me Too!

I'd also like to know how the answer to this so I'll give this a bump:angel: You guys might want to take a look at Clintok's excellent PDF on the 'R' ( see Jammed shutter) which I came across while trolling the forum looking for info on the 'L' . There are obvious common parts to be removed though I wonder if the body covering on the 'L' needs to be removed? As to my rerquiered info on my 2-L's. My black 'L' has plastic top and bottom covers while my silver 'L' has metal (I think?') only noticed the difference because of the infamous 'Twang' as the black is less harmonic so the sound is dull compared to the silver which is more noticable, even in a half case. Plus, the silver is colder to the touch😕 Not that any of this distracts from the fun of making pictures with these two little gems, just curious to know why one's plastic and the other is metal, if indeed it is?. No doubt one of you CV historians and or tinkers out there will be able to answer the above conumdrum and thus, allow me to sleep at night😉 Take care everyone.
B

 

[danwilly]

My frame counter window on my R fell inside the camera when my camera got knocked off a table. It is still in there and I have simply learned to live with it. At one point it got in the way of the shutter release and prevented me from shooting. A couple of shakes and the problem was eliminated. The window covering the film cassette window is also pretty flimsy and a lot of Bessa shooters have had that come loose on them as well.

 

[payasam]

When my Canon FTb was 6 years old, its film counter window, a little bit of plastic, came loose and jammed the film advance mechanism. The man who fished it out said that this was a known problem. That camera is now 32 years old and still going strong.