Re: M6 Shutter problem

["H. S. Lam" <hslam@chevalier.net>]

Tor Torhaug wrote:
> 
> Dear LUGers
> 
> My M6 is rather ill.  Basically, quite often, the shutter does not fire.
> It has happened occasionally for the past 10 or so rolls, but on the last
> roll of slides I had processed more than half of the frames were just
> black.  One or two frames also had the upper right hand corner of the frame
> exposed, with the rest of the frame black.  The frames that had been
> exposed were fine.
> 
> I bought the camera new in 1993, and have put less than 100 rolls of film
> through it since then.  I did originally think that the missing exposures
> happened when I fidgeted around, nearly depressing the shutter release all
> the way, but then changing my mind, and lifting my finger again, and then,
> later actually depressing the shutter release all the way.  But I can't
> recall doing that for this particular roll.  I'm rather at a loss as to
> what might be wrong, and what sort of tests I should be doing before
> sending the machine off to be expensively repaired.  Has anyone encountered
> this type of problem, and give any hints as to how it should be dealt with?
> 
> Tor
> 
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> 
> Tor Torhaug
> Research fellow
> University of Oslo
> Department of Classical and Romance Studies
> Postboks 1007 Blindern
> 0315 Oslo
> Norway
> 
> Phone: +47-22 85 71 28
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> E-mail: t.a.torhaug@kri.uio.no
Hi Tor,
I would suggest that you remove the lens and flip open the back of the
M6 and fire the shutter at each speed and check visually on whether the
two shutter blinds work normally.

Regards,

HS Lam