Comments on: Damn Leica

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 04:17:44 +0000

In reply to Alessandro Melillo. I'm bad with mechanical tools but a nightmare with woodworking tools. Heaven help me if I ever need to repair a wooden camera.

By: Alessandro Melillo

Alessandro Melillo — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:50:28 +0000

Just think of what could be happened if you had to fix your Zero Image: a file, a rasp and a saw? 😀
Have fun, the means is not the photograph.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 05:16:07 +0000

In reply to RichardM. The Leica isn't long out of my reach. It really needs to go in for a clean, lubrication and adjustment but I hate parting with it. Best do it soon though. Processed another roll of film today but had a bad headache this afternoon so never got back to the darkroom to print.

By: RichardM

RichardM — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 01:24:44 +0000

Obviously that troublesome Leica is causing you too much stress. Maybe you need to send it here as part of your stress management…

Nice photos!

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 06:15:18 +0000

In reply to Bryce Lee. Fortunately it didn't come to that.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 03:45:36 +0000

In reply to dom.

The rubber gloves provided enough gription but I think the pain in my thumb and fingers due to my psoriatic arthritis just limited my turning power enough to keep me from turning it open. Paul was able to get it free after a few minutes of struggle.

If my fingers get worse I’ll end up like Clay on Sons of Anarchy and need injections in my joints to keep riding…

By: Bryce Lee

Bryce Lee — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 03:42:21 +0000

I was going to say a pair of locking Vise-Grips and if that didn’t work; a blowtorch and a five pound sledge.

By: dom

dom — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 01:51:51 +0000

Glad you got the cover off…..seems a bit off in terms of ergonomics….but then, it wouldn’t be a Leica? 😉

I think I would have tried a bit of duct tape for “gription”.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 01:08:00 +0000

In reply to Rogier. Once we got the cover off and inspected closely we found a very small amount of corrosion on the part of the cover that touches the top of the battery well. Almost nothing but enough to make removal difficult. The freezer trick might work if there is enough expansion and contraction. I'm just glad the battery has been replaced.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 01:06:16 +0000

In reply to David Masse. Mr. Ruby got it off this afternoon with brute force. I guess a couple years younger and no arthritis in the thumb and fingers makes a difference! I'm going to find one of those slotted covers. Much more functional.