Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Shutter not closing
From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999 20:37:10 -0400

Milos: Work the hell out of it, if it doesn't clear in about 100 cycles,
then back to the shop. It would (for me) be hard to trust the rest of the
speeds.
Cheers Wilber

Milos Kocman wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> today I thought I might give my M6s a little exercise, a few shutter
> releases at every speed. The unexpected struck again - it's deja vu for
> me - and on one of the cameras, at half second speed, the shutter opened
> and remained so.. for several seconds, then it closed again. I tried
> releasing the shutter at that speed again, many times, got one more
> sticky occurence, this time it took the curtain less time to swing back.
>
> I am uncertain as to what to do - should I have the camera serviced or
> will the problem go away with more use/exercise at that speed. I should
> note that I almost never use speeds below 1/4 of a second and that the
> camera is about a year old. Which means it's still under warranty.
>
> I'd appreciate any sage comments - I would hate to make another trip to
> Solms but would if it's necessary.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Milos
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