Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: problem with my M6
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 10:55:24 -0400

Dan:

Get it CLA'd.  It looks like your second curtain is sticky.

Robert

At 06:25 AM 3/6/01 -0800, Dan Cardish wrote:
>I have a problem with my M6 and I'm hoping someone here knows what is
>happening.
>
>Please check out http://www.photoartworld.com/m6.jpg for an example frame
>that shows the problem.
>
>The image is fairly large (about 146k) as I want the problem to be clearly
>visible.  As you can see, there is a thin overexposed verticle band approx
>1/2 mm in width (in real life) and about 1/2 mm from the right edge of the
>frame.  The band extends a bit out of the frame and there appears to be
>some flaring or something to the left of the band.
>
>When using the camera, I noticed that occasionally (and especially when it
>was cold) after releasing the shutter, the wind mechanism wouldn't work.  I
>would have to jiggle it repeatedly until the wind lever would engage.  I
>didn't try forcing it excessively.  This would happen repeatedly.  Also,
>while the wind lever was stuck, the meter continued to work (ie, the
>shutter was released and the white spot hidden, yet I could still see the
>red LED'd lit in the viewfinder.
>
>Any clues?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dan C.
>
>ps...the image was taken with my Voigtlander 12mm
>
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