Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Vick Ko wrote: > 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? She needs to have the shutter serviced. The lubricants in the slow speed escapement have thickened and clogged up with age, but a CLA should sort her out. I had my Leica LTMs serviced here in the UK two years ago at a cost of UKP 70 each. They now have shutters that run as smoothly and reliably as a good sewing machine. Best. Ted Bradshaw.