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It's a lovely piece. Thanks for the link.

 

Rough and approximate, quick summary:

 

Report from Hessian TV on a 47 year old who apprenticed in the microscope division at Leitz Wetzlar. Once he handled a Leica camera, he became a fan and started working with Leitz retirees, asking what practical knowledge they could give him. "There's something special about the camera that you can't put into words," he says.

 

He now services Leica cameras. The "Standard" he shows disassembled has 300 parts--"that's few for a Leica," he says. It's a camera from 1935, and the lubricants have jelled or evaporated, so he has to disassemble it completely to start from scratch.

 

He mentions that sometimes he has to make a part; to do so, he has to find a collector willing to loan him a camera or part so he can reconstruct the missing one.

 

Cool disposition, little coffee. Some cameras take him only a day, others a year. With something tricky he likes to work in the quiet of the evening.

 

What does he still want to do? Rework the Ur-Leica, on display in the Leica Museum. "Maybe someday Leica will want to have it put back in order," he hopes.

 

 

(Quotes aren't literal; feel free to add to or correct my take. :) )

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Howard : Many thanks for the synopsis I can watch it again now.

 

Good to see someone so young so enthused. Also loved the tool array from the precision ones laid out to the massive lathe.

I do appreciate the digital qualities of the M8 but alas it hasn't got the tactile feel of the "classics" and that shutter sound, 12+ months on, still makes me wince.

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It's a lovely piece. Thanks for the link.

 

Rough and approximate, quick summary:

 

Report from Hessian TV on a 47 year old who apprenticed in the microscope division at Leitz Wetzlar. Once he handled a Leica camera, he became a fan and started working with Leitz retirees, asking what practical knowledge they could give him. "There's something special about the camera that you can't put into words," he says.

 

He now services Leica cameras. The "Standard" he shows disassembled has 300 parts--"that's few for a Leica," he says. It's a camera from 1935, and the lubricants have jelled or evaporated, so he has to disassemble it completely to start from scratch.

 

He mentions that sometimes he has to make a part; to do so, he has to find a collector willing to loan him a camera or part so he can reconstruct the missing one.

 

Cool disposition, little coffee. Some cameras take him only a day, others a year. With something tricky he likes to work in the quiet of the evening.

 

What does he still want to do? Rework the Ur-Leica, on display in the Leica Museum. "Maybe someday Leica will want to have it put back in order," he hopes.

 

 

(Quotes aren't literal; feel free to add to or correct my take. :) )

 

pretty decent synopsis

 

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Wish I spoke German
...speaking shouldn't be a problem............... maybe understanding could be usefull...... Yep ich wissen, was Sie rabbiting auf über ..... mate!!!
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