Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Regarding the film debris problem which Frank describes, I experienced this problem several years ago with a Leitz-era M6 which eventually found its way to Camera Service Center in Culver City for CLA. Rudy, the tech there, advised me to occasionally use a Falcon "Dust Off Plus" compressed air canister/nozzle to GENTLY blow out the accumulated detritus from my camera bodies. I have done as he advised fairly regularly (every month or two) since then and have had no recurrences of the problem, but occasionally film debris comes out of the camera during the process, so there must be something about the complexity of loading the film transport, the advance/rewind mechanics themselves or the quality of various emulsion substrates that causes this to occur. For what it's worth, I have experienced this film detritus problem with M system cameras and Nikon F100, but not with R series or Contax G series. Go figure... Len Leonard J. Kapner Tel: (310) 377-5060 E-mail: ljkapner@cox.net ..... Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 17:23:19 -0700 From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> Subject: RE: [Leica] film shavings inside my M6TTL Message-ID: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNMECFKCAA.red735i@earthlink.net> References: Did you get the same results with the second roll? Check your film for scratches along the emulsion side...... you could have a problem with the guide rails...... \ OTOH, you might be best off approaching the film maker.. it could be debris form manufacture, which I personally would not tolerate... it could get inside the camera.... Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html