Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I too had the flare-look-alike problem with an older M6 -- just as described by people below. However, I'm sure it wasn't a body leak problem. I believe it was a shutter problem. I say this because during the time of the problem the shutter made a very light "boing" or bounce sound. Leica NJ fixed it on their second try. The first time they thought they fixed it but both the "flare" and the noise continued to be present. I returned it to them and pointed out the noise. They then truly fixed the problem and the noise was gone too. There was no charge the 2nd time around -- but I'm distressed that they needed two tries and never told me what was wrong. Tom P. On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Dan Cardish wrote: > My first M6 had an intermittent probem that occured so seldomly that I > thought it was just lens flare. Only when I started using higher speed > films did I discover that the problem was a light leak somewhere in the > camera body. The "flare" always had the same shape, and extended past the > image area. I took the camera and some sample film into Leica Canada > (Rheinhold (sp?) Mueller was in charge), and the problem was fixed. > > Dan C. > > At 05:20 PM 16-11-98 -0800, you wrote: > >I have had the same problem on my M6 - it is very intermittent. It is also > >very annoying. I thought it was gone for a few months, then those > >horizontal "clouds" showed up again as two blended bands stretching across > >a frame, sometimes into an adjoining frame. Would also appreciate anybody's > >experience with this problem. > > > >Gary Todoroff > > > >> From: Greg Locke > >> > >> 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 > >> > > > > >