| View Full Version : Leica IIIa - shutter release collar David H. Bebbington 07-04-2007, 08:50 PM Just got a Leica IIIa in good order apart from having the screw collar around the shutter release missing (which often happens, since you have to take the collar off to put a cable release on). Does anyone have one or know where I might get one (have tried several repairmen and Leica specialists in UK)? Regards, David David H. Bebbington 07-04-2007, 09:04 PM I should have known - no matter what the question, the answer is ebay! http://cgi.ebay.com/Shutter-ring-collar-guard-for-early-Leica-1-2-3-3a-II_W0QQitemZ160133204476QQihZ006QQcategoryZ30030QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem David H. Bebbington 07-05-2007, 04:04 AM Apparently this supplier has quite a lot of remanufactured parts of the kind which might be missing on old Leicas: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160113174199 Woolliscroft 07-05-2007, 11:25 AM The camera works fine without it anyway. David. David H. Bebbington 07-05-2007, 04:49 PM The camera works fine without it anyway. David. It wil certainly work for a while, eventually the shutter release will pick up dirt and not operate smoothly. For $12 plus postage, I think I'd rather have the camera the way the maker intended! Anscojohn 07-05-2007, 05:04 PM The older Nikons (F) had the same threaded collar, as did the Yashica TLRs. It might be easier to find one of them. Roger Hicks 07-07-2007, 04:02 PM Dear David, As far as I recall (I've not tried it for years) the locking collar from a bicycle inner tube fits... Cheers, Roger |