Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/07

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Subject: [Leica] Loose shutter release collar
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sun Nov 7 14:29:10 2004
References: <ba95132804110714232efed0d0@mail.gmail.com>
 
One of these would be great:

http://www.micro-tools.com/Merchant2/flexi.htm

And I am sure a local camera repair centre would have one. They are 
also ridiculously easy to make. DO NOT USE PLIERS!! Even if you wrap 
the collar up, it will mark.

John Collier


On Nov 7, 2004, at 3:23 PM, Glen Staufer wrote:

> I have an M6 that I bought through ebay in June.  Recently, I had to
> send it back to the seller to get the frame counter repaired under his
> warranty.  Everything has been working fine except that I noticed that
> the wind lever seemed loose today.  Further inspection revealed that
> the collar around the shutter release was loose.  Seems this holds the
> wind lever in place.  I hand-tightened it but that only held for a few
> frames.  I'd rather not go to the trouble of returning the camera
> again if this is something I can tighten up myself.  Anyone familiar
> with how things are assembled there and what I need to do to get the
> collar to stay tight?
Replies: Reply from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Loose shutter release collar)
 In reply to: Message from alaxsxaq at gmail.com (Glen Staufer) ([Leica] Loose shutter release collar)