Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/26

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Subject: Re: M4-P film advance....
From: adi <adisoon@pl.jaring.my>
Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 18:49:21 -0700

Hi, 

just a comment that I heard from a lecia repair man that the film
advance of the canadian made models, (M4-p and M4-2) are not as smooth
as those german made ones. Can anyone justufy that??  

Kim Sherman wrote:
> 
> dear Lug friends,
> 
> back in april i bought a used (9 condition, from B&H) M4-P that i've been
> using with great enjoyment until just yesterday.  i have run about 12 rolls
> of film through the camera without any problem, but yesterday I began
> having problems with the film advancement and shutter release.  i was
> mid-roll when, suddenly, i would advance the film, try to fire the shutter,
> only to have nothing happen.  i then tried "advancing" the film again.
>  after "advancing" the shutter again, i could then press the shutter
> release and it would fire.  a few times during this roll of film, when i
> would have to advance the film the "second" time, the shutter would fire on
> its own during the advancement.
> 
> is this a common problem with leicas, used or otherwise?  i'm glad i still
> have time left on my 90-day warranty, but i'm pretty bummed to be having
> trouble with my M4-P so SOON.
> 
> any advice/comments would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> best, kim