Hello,
my grandfather recently gave my his beloved Leica R3 with two lenses. But this beauty got two problems.
First the advance leaver won't work from time to time. It seem that he doesn't get grip to the advance mechanism sometimes. Advancing usually works just fine but what the leaver is losing grip I have to move him approximately a hundert times till I'm able to cock the camera again.
The second issue is the electrics, If no batteries are insert the B and the X mode ( 1/90 ) are just working fine. But as soon as I insert a pair of LR44, SR 44 or AG3 the shutter opens and stay open no matter what time is set on the R3es shutter dial. And the shutters stays open until I remove the batteries.
I just want to know, if its possible to fix it easily or if i have to contact the Leica support for this and how much the costs could be.
Greetings from Germany