Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]HELLLLLLLLLLP! I need the Leica DOCTOR! I am so embarrassed! I have been working with my niece on her photography for quite some time now and she has progressed extremely well. She has been into it enough that she is really enjoying it. I felt that the time has come that she needs a good camera. I found a used R4mot in excellent condition and made her a gift of it along with three lenses. I have never seen her so happy.......until she processed her first roll of Tmax. On each negative there is a dark vertical area of about 5mm in width (vertical being the 24mm part of the negative, not 36mm). On some negatives there are two dark areas, some being wider than the 5mm. Upon opening the back I noticed that the foam material that surrounds the window that allows you to identify the film is gone. There is a sticky residue where the foam material was. Also, I noticed that there is a sticky residue around the edge and hinge area of the back. It appears that there may have been some type of material in those tracks as well. These are the only things that I can find wrong with the camera. The shutter appears to be working perfectly. I am begging my Lugger colleagues to come to my rescue. Your response will be appreciated. Bob Bedwell Greensboro, NC << described by people below. However, I'm sure it wasn't a body leak problem. I believe it was a shutter problem. I say this because during the time of the problem the shutter made a very light "boing" or bounce sound. Leica NJ fixed it on their second try. The first time they thought they fixed it but both the "flare" and the noise continued to be present. I returned it to them and pointed out the noise. They then truly fixed the problem and the noise was gone too. There was no charge the 2nd time around -- but I'm distressed that they needed two tries and never told me what was wrong. Tom P. On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Dan Cardish wrote: > My first M6 had an intermittent probem that occured so seldomly that I > thought it was just lens flare. Only when I started using higher speed > films did I discover that the problem was a light leak somewhere in the > camera body. The "flare" always had the same shape, and extended past the > image area. I took the camera and some sample film into Leica Canada > (Rheinhold (sp?) Mueller was in charge), and the problem was fixed. > > Dan C. > > At 05:20 PM 16-11-98 -0800, you wrote: > >I have had the same problem on my M6 - it is very intermittent. It is also > >very annoying. I thought it was gone for a few months, then those > >horizontal "clouds" showed up again as two blended bands stretching across > >a frame, sometimes into an adjoining frame. Would also appreciate anybody's > >experience with this problem. > > > >Gary Todoroff > > > >> From: Greg Locke > >> > >> Does anyone have any suggestions on the likely problem with this M6?? > >> > >> M6, used, mint condition, approx. 7 years old. > >> > >> Every couple of rolls of film there is a frame or two that shows what > >looks > >> like a light strike or flare. > >> > >> It occurs horizontal across the film and "bottom edge" of the "flare" is > >> fairly defined while the top is more graduated and blends. > >> > >> This sometimes "spreads" into the next frame. > >> > >> regards, > >> Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca> > >> St. John's, Newfoundland. > >> <http://www.straylight.ca/locke/> > >> ---------------------------------- > >> "I've finally figured out what's wrong with photography. > >> It's a one-eyed man looking through a little 'ole. > >> Now, how much reality can there be in that?" -- David Hockney > >> >>