Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/25

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Subject: [Leica] Troubleshooting-Examples
From: grdalton at hotmail.com (Gary Dalton)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 12:14:01 -0700
References: <BLU146-W3F311EDE8ADBB36B24CE2C6550@phx.gbl> <2E5AC1CF09AD4A37ABB49D28D88233E1@jimnichols> <BLU146-W30951A2200136A21A453F9C6550@phx.gbl> <4A1A2FE1.5000401@tele2.fr> <BLU146-W35485C7D6C244D938E9173C6550@phx.gbl> <4A1A3E18.5030707@tele2.fr>

Philippe,
I appreciate your ongoing comments. They push me toward resolution, but, 
more importantly, they help me learn.

Yes, it's been in storage for many years. I've been activating the shutter 
repeatedly at all speeds, and it seems to function better the more I do it. 
When I started exercising it at first, the mirror went up and stayed up with 
every shutter release. It still does it now, but only occasionally. If it 
does, it falls back into place within the first 5mm of my pull on the film 
advance lever... 

The first roll I ran through it featured the prominent black bands on 
virtually every shot. Now, I actually get many full frames or almost full 
with just a sliver of a black band.

And, then, there's the difficulty with rewinding and the resetting of the 
film counter, which I didn't mention earlier.

In short, the direction this seems to moving is toward a CLA.

Again, thank you for your input...

Regards, 
Gary

> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:43:36 +0200
> From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Troubleshooting-Examples
> 
> I'm no expert, but I'd concur saying the second curtain is probably slow 
> on the move.
> Has the camera been sitting on a shelf?
> If so, have you tried to operate it at repeatedly at every shutter speed
> In pose B, how do the curtains compare?
> 
> Might be worth trying all this before sending it in.
> But CLA might still be the end result.
> 
> Nice takes, but for those bands BTW.
> Good luck
> Ph


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