In those old Lecia R ( R4, R5 R6 ), there is a small window on the back for viewing the film being used. The rubber foam very often got aged. What is the best replacement material that I used ( DIY type )?

Also, in some old camera there are also thin line of black rubber foam on the edge of the camera back door, any replacement material for that?

-- Marc (leica_image@yahoo.com), March 13, 2002

Answers

Call up your Leica distributor's parts department and they will have the precut foam in stock. It will be very inexpensive, perhaps even free.

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), March 13, 2002.

By the time that foam has gone, the back door felt is usually mush as well. Call up Leica, I think it was about $15.00 for a new set.

-- Andrew Schank (aschank@flash.net), March 13, 2002.

I called up the Leitz Service @ Solms and got the parts for free for my R3.

It's easy to replace it.

Cheers JK

-- Juergen (JimXKnopf@gmx.de), March 19, 2002.