Being relatively new to Ms, and interested in all things mechanical, I was wondering where I might obtain a manual (factory or otherwise)on M construction/maintenance and or repairs. I have seen the Micro Works tool kit and it has piqued my curiosity even more. What would you recommend? BTW I do not plan on doing my own CLAs, just curious and in need of enlightenment. Thanx all.

-- Brooks (Bvonarx@home.com), November 08, 2001

Answers

I have seen repair manuals posted on ebay for sale. They are almost always M repair manuals. I do not know whether or not they are actual Leica products or put together by others. I do not even know if they are authentic but they are advertised on ebay quite frequently.Hope this bit of information proves helpful.

-- John Alfred Tropiano (jat18@psu.edu), November 08, 2001.

Below are all the copies of the official ones that are commonly available. There are also a couple articles from the now defunct Camera Craftsman; one on the M4 and one on the M5.

http://www.photobooksonline.com/books/manual05.html

Cheers,

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), November 08, 2001.

Ed Romney has a couple of choices llisted on his site:

http://www.edromney.com/products.html

- I have the general leica RF booklet and it's useful, though on the brief side if you had a factory service manual in mind. They're about $30 or so.

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-- Rick Oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com), November 09, 2001.