Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The shutter wheel does not make a full turn when the camera is fired, therefore, setting the shutter while the shutter is unwound sets it to the Wrong Speed. Set the slow speed dial to the fastest speed when using faster than 1/20. Later models have a detent on the fast speed. Straight CLA is $100 to $125. Vick Ko wrote: > > I' ve got a couple more LTM questions. I've just bought my first LTM - a Leica > F. > > 1) Is there any danger in changing the shutter speeds before the shutter is > cocked? I haven't trained myself to not do it yet, but am practising. > > 2) The 1-20 speed setting seems pretty straight forward, but is there any > preference to what setting I should leave the slow speed setting at > when I am firing the high speeds? > > 3) Can someone give me a rough idea what a CLA costs? > Has anyone had an intermittent shutter? I'm not sure that I'm seeing > ghosts, but I have picked up the camera a couple times, and the > shutter has fired slowly. But if I wind and fire it a few more times, > it seems fine. Maybe the old girl just needs to stretch and limber up > a bit before going out? > > Thanks for any help. > > Vick > > > > > > > > >- When using the "T" shutter speed setting (so far for loading film > > >only) - how am I supposed to close the shutter? Winding the camera > > >seems to do it, but that's kind of crude... > > > > Move the shutter speed dial back to 1 second.