Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greg: Been there, had that. It's a baffle in the shutter that gets out of place. Don Goldberg fixed mine for like $50 or $60. You'd think the light would leak in at the edges, but it doesn't. I had a streak about 1/3 of the way up the frame, across it horizontally. It looked like flare, and was only there sometimes, but alway on frames when I changed lenses outdoors, which is how I figured out it was the shutter. Tom >Hi Folks, > >Let's play M6 Doctor! > >Does anyone have any suggestions on the likely problem with this M6?? > >M6, used, mint condition, approx. 7 years old. > >Every couple of rolls of film there is a frame or two that shows what looks >like a light strike or flare. > >It occurs horizontal across the film and "bottom edge" of the "flare" is >fairly defined while the top is more graduated and blends. > >This sometimes "spreads" into the next frame. > >regards, >Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca> >St. John's, Newfoundland. ><http://www.straylight.ca/locke/> >---------------------------------- >"I've finally figured out what's wrong with photography. >It's a one-eyed man looking through a little 'ole. >Now, how much reality can there be in that?" -- David Hockney Thomas Kachadurian WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria