[Leica] Epson 3800 broken again

[drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)]

Reminds me of an M2 I bought used many years ago. The film advance was
jammed. The seller and I both expected an expensive repair. I bought it
discounted with that expectation. While getting into my car I dropped
the camera accidentally onto the floorboard. I thought I might have
increased the cost of repair. Instead, when I got home I was surprised
to find that the film advanced worked. I opened the back and a small
piece of chewed up looking film dropped to the ground. I don't know if
that's what was causing the film advance to bind, or it the jolt jarred
it loose, or what. But I never did send the camera in for repairs and it
served me a number of years. It's the only time I ever dropped a camera
and had a positive result. 

Dave R

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+drodgers=casefarms.com at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+drodgers=casefarms.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Brian Reid
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 6:52 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson 3800 broken again

I got my Epson 3800 back from the repair shop today. The nearest repair
place that is authorized to do warranty repairs is in Santa Cruz, about
75km from my house. (I suppose this is to be expected, since I live in a
backwards place that doesn't have a lot of demand for tech or tech
services).

The repair shop basically couldn't find anything wrong with it. It
worked. I brought it home. It worked.

My theory is that a 75km ride over bumpy roads caused enough vibration
to shake loose some small item, perhaps a shard of paper, that was
blocking some sensor or some paper path.

I think that next time it stops working (and it will; I am sure of that)
I will just toss it in my trunk and drive around for a while, then hook
it up again.

Now it's time to print.


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