Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The camera is probably more than 30 years old. Why not have it CLA? Buying almost any used Leica it's a good bet to send it in and get it adjusted. > Hi, > > I bought a M3 and have a question. > The 1 sec shutter speed is a little longer like 1 and a quater sec. I > checked the fast speed also by firing the shutter looking toward a > halogen lamp with the back door open. With the two other known good M > cameras, I could see the whole lamp, but with the new M3 I could only > see about half of the lamp. I think it fires much faster than > 1/1000th sec at 1/1000th sec. I wonder if this is the first symptom > for a future shutter problem. If it is, I want to return it. > I would appreciate any of your opinion. > > Regards, > David > seungmin@luxcom.com > > >