Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 26, 2006, at 8:21 AM, Austin Burbridge wrote: > Yes! I have had my Leica M6 film advance/shutter jam hopelessly on > TWO different occasions, once under warranty, and then again a year > later (out of warranty). Both times it was repaired by Leica USA. > > The first time it had happened, I had used a self-timer, and I > thought that might have had something to do with it. After that I > never used the self-timer again ... but a year later, the thing > jammed again, locked up solid. Is this a common fault? I thought > these Leicas were supposed to be rugged. > The damnedest thing was that both times, it happened when I was on > vacation, at precisely the moments when I most wanted to have > photographs of the places I was visiting. it appears they are absolutely reliable... they jam only when you absolutely need them to work...Steve > > Regards, > > A U S T I N , > > Austin Burbridge, > > EXPOSE for Shadows/Develop for HIGHLIGHTS > http://cinemaminima.com/leica > Sprezzatura http://sprezzatura.editthispage.com/ > flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/sprezzatura/ > Cinema Minima http://www.cinemaminima.com/ > > ### > > > > On May 25, 2006, at 10:18, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> While on a trip recently my M7 (bought new, 3-4 y old, no prior >> problems) jammed irreversibly... I could not advance film, I could >> not depress the shutter release... >> >> I took it to the two top places in Paris, no solution and they >> said it would have to go to Solms... likely for a month. >> >> Have any persons here ever had this sort of problem occur with an >> M7 or an M6? >> >> Please give me the details re event, cause, fix, outcome, other... >> >> appreciated, >> >> >> thanks, Steve >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information