M10 Dot replacement - Screw?

[CrisRose]

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Hi Guys,

Having seen the M10-P's replacement screw where the M10 red dot is, I was wondering if anyone yet made a little body-coloured dot replacement to emulate the look?

I've found people selling black and chrome blanks, but no one selling one with a screw-like groove down the middle. If no one makes them yet, I can have some made, but I wanted to check first.

Thanks!

Ps. my M10 is silver

[RexGig0]

Have you tried scraping/prying the red dot? There is probably a screw underneath it. 😉

Edited December 21, 2018 by RexGig0

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[earleygallery]

1 minute ago, RexGig0 said:

Have you tried scraping/prying the red dot? There is probably a screw underneath it. 😉

There isn't - it's just a hole to access the rangefinder adjustment.

You could always saw the head of a large screw and glue that in place!

[pico]

57 minutes ago, earleygallery said:

There isn't - it's just a hole to access the rangefinder adjustment.

You could always saw the head of a large screw and glue that in place!

earleygallery is right, but glue is troublesome should we need to service the RF. If someone could offer the hole's measure perhaps we could find a proper tap & screw. I doubt that Leica's screw is self tapping- that would be wonderful and cost-effective for Leica. (and then we could argue about the position of the screw's slot. :))

Edited December 21, 2018 by pico

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9 hours ago, pico said:

 but glue is troublesome should we need to service the RF. 

 👉   Double sided tape.

[Tragg]

You may not care but I wouldn't be surprised if altering your camera in any way that is irreversible voids the guarantee

[jdlaing]

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19 hours ago, pico said:

earleygallery is right, but glue is troublesome should we need to service the RF. If someone could offer the hole's measure perhaps we could find a proper tap & screw. I doubt that Leica's screw is self tapping- that would be wonderful and cost-effective for Leica. (and then we could argue about the position of the screw's slot. :))

You have an M10. Measure the hole.

[pico]

13 minutes ago, jdlaing said:

You have an M10. Measure the hole.

My instrument cannot measure such a small hole. I could order a replacement screw and measure that for diameter and pitch. Will look into it.

Edited December 22, 2018 by pico

[jaapv]

2 hours ago, Tragg said:

You may not care but I wouldn't be surprised if altering your camera in any way that is irreversible voids the guarantee

I rather doubt that - it might void the guaranty on the screw, though

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15 hours ago, Tragg said:

You may not care but I wouldn't be surprised if altering your camera in any way that is irreversible voids the guarantee

The Leica guarantee deals with faulty construction, but Leica Support deals with modifications made to the camera all the time, such as those cameras dropped onto hard concrete floors. Besides which if you told Leica a field repair was necessary after the screw fell out and was lost they'd believe you, there are probably many shouts across the factory floor of 'another lost screw (insert any other component) here!'

[AndreasG]

For those who do not want to sacrifice their camera, there is a simple method to a red dot - a red soft release button.....

 

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[Slyelim]

On 12/21/2018 at 10:39 AM, CrisRose said:

Hi Guys,

Having seen the M10-P's replacement screw where the M10 red dot is, I was wondering if anyone yet made a little body-coloured dot replacement to emulate the look?

I've found people selling black and chrome blanks, but no one selling one with a screw-like groove down the middle. If no one makes them yet, I can have some made, but I wanted to check first.

Thanks!

Ps. my M10 is silver

Hey, man. I might be interested in that for my M11. Cheers

[jaapv]

The red dot site in a depression. It would look rather strange. 

[Fred Miranda]

On 12/22/2018 at 9:26 AM, pico said:

My instrument cannot measure such a small hole. I could order a replacement screw and measure that for diameter and pitch. Will look into it.

It's 10mm in diameter and about 1mm thick. It's a very thin dot.

[jaybeuff]

On 12/21/2018 at 7:39 AM, CrisRose said:

Hi Guys,

Having seen the M10-P's replacement screw where the M10 red dot is, I was wondering if anyone yet made a little body-coloured dot replacement to emulate the look?

I've found people selling black and chrome blanks, but no one selling one with a screw-like groove down the middle. If no one makes them yet, I can have some made, but I wanted to check first.

Thanks!

Ps. my M10 is silver

Its pretty trivial to make a custom "screw-dot" using a resin 3d printer and some calipers to measure the size of an existing dot.

If anyone wants to give me some solid dimensions using a pair of digital calipers I'd be happy to model something up.  Either that or send me an extra red dot and I'll make a model for it.

You could then have it printed at Shapeways or some other resin printing service.  Then remove your old dot, spray the printed dot with some enamel paint and then affix with some 3M double sided tape.

If sending measurements i'd need the following:

1. Diameter
2. Thickness of dot / or dot recess in the camera body.

Even better if someone has one of the "screw-dots" then measure the slot width and length across the dot as well.

Edited November 29, 2022 by jaybeuff
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