Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great trick! As I dont have a Satellite box, I guess the owen will do as well. (But my wife will think I am qrazy). /Hans - -----Original Message----- From: Dan Post <dwpost@email.msn.com> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: den 8 december 1997 18:40 Subject: Re: [Leica] Erratic 1 sec. shutter speed >I use a trick someone taught me twenty years ago when I had a balky Hassy >lens/shutter. He suggested I set it in a warm place- then it was a TV, now >it's the Satellite box! I leave it there overnight, next morning, I exercise >the shutter, and have very good results. Apparently the lubricant hardens >with age, the gentle heat softens it enought that exercising the shutter >moves the lube around or off the spot it was sticking and frees up the >shutter. I did this with a Kodak Retina IIf I got for my shelf collection-