rugged my arts?

[spear]

Always lusted after a Leica. Bought a M4-P and love the pace of use and the quality. I am hard on cameras, so felt reassured by the famous rugged build of the Leicas. No one told me that the viewfinder lens could unscrew itself on fall off somewhere in Alderney. Fortunately I also had a 25mm with external viewfinder.
So, with a 35mm lens, what replacement viewfinder should I buy? I am a long sighted spectacle wearer. Any help appreciated

 

[Nugard]

I didn't knew also, about interior viewfinder...
If you wear glasses, and 35mm lens is your main, then it's probably x0.58...
What are others lenses that you use on Leica?..

 

[35mmdelux]

does not compute. What are you talking about? Exactly what fell off?

 

[tmfabian]

does not compute. What are you talking about? Exactly what fell off?

Yeah, i'm in the same boat with you on this one....what fell off?

 

[spear]

Yes....
the viewfinder window fell off.
I am sorry. I didn't do it on purpose. I am avaliable to road test anything that claims to be "unbreakable."

 

[Chris101]

The front window? Whoa!

 

[tmfabian]

wow, that's pretty impressive. That's the first i've ever heard of that happening.

 

[Roger Hicks]

wow, that's pretty impressive. That's the first i've ever heard of that happening.

The more so as it's not screwed in. At least one of us, somewhere on the forum, is misunderstanding something...

This is beginning to remind me of, "The general got annoyed because I drive his tank over a precipice. It can't have been a very good tank, because it bent."

Cheers.

R.

 

[sepiareverb]

There are many repair folks around to fix anything that you need fixed. And it is probably worth fixing, as it should continue to perform for a long time.

 

[crawdiddy]

I think a photo of the damage is in order. Otherwise, I don't get it.

 

[Chris101]

Is this one of the later M4-P cameras, the ones with the window flush with the body?

I have never thought of Leica cameras as particularly rugged. They are massive - a lot of metal, but everything under the top plate is pretty delicate. The RF linkage, the geared film advance - my little screw in the shutter speed dial comes loose, and I understand that if you drop the camera on the tilted rewind crank, you are screwed.

Like anything mechanical, that costs a thousand bucks, I treat mine pretty gingerly. The Nikon F5. Now THERE is a sturdy camera. I understand that Bjørn Rørslett once beat his way out from under a frozen lake with one.