cnphoto
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picked up this beautiful Leica IIIc this afternoon (finally), but i've noticed something odd. i knew that i would most likely need to put this in for a CLA after purchase, but all of the shutterspeeds appear to operating perfectly (or nearer to perfect than I would expect from a camera of this age) bar 3 of the settings.
on the slow shutterspeed dial the 1/30th, 1/4, 1/2 and 1 second shutterspeeds all near to being exact but the 1/20th, 1/15th and 1/10th are off. they are shooting the same speed as the corresponding number on the other side of the dial!
i.e. 1/20th is firing at 1/4, 1/15th is firing at 1/2 and 1/10th is firing at 1 second. identical to the opposing shutterspeeds.
has anyone ever encountered a problem like this before? it's really perplexing me. i would have imagined that all shutterspeeds would be off or out of wack in a slowly decending manner, but not like the error i am encountering.
other than that, the camera is near perfect. good contrast on the RF, bright clean VF, shutter curtains look great. i'm wondering if perhaps this could be the error of a past CLA (or DIY CLA) gone wrong?