[Leica] Burning a hole in the shutter

[mitch.zeissler at verizon.net (Mitch Zeissler)]

It took all of 15 to 20 seconds for my shutter to have a hole burned in it
as well.  I was using the 135 APO on my M6 at the time, stopped down to a
small aperture due to it being a sunny day.  Sat down at a park bench with
the camera still around my neck, and simply leaned back to stretch my spine
for a few breaths, with the lens pointing up towards the sun.  That's all it
took.

Now I'm religious about keeping a covering over the lens when it's not in
use, and making sure the glass isn't directed towards the sun when it is in
use.

Regards,

Mitch

-----Original Message-----
Subject: [Leica] Burning a hole in the shutter

I'm curious how much of a danger this really is.  Has anyone heard of
someone actually testing this out--hopefully on an already bad curtain!  :-)
Does anyone have any firsthand information about such a test?  Or, would
anyone who actually burned a hole in their shutter be game enough to tell us
how it happened?

--Peter