[Leica] Re: R4 foam window

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

Call Leica Repair in NJ. I don't happen to have the number handy right now.
They will send you these foam rectangles free of charge.

Jim

At 05:38 PM 11/17/98 -0500, you wrote:
>HELLLLLLLLLLP!
>I need the Leica DOCTOR!
>
>I am so embarrassed!
>
>I have been working with my niece on her photography for quite some time now
>and she has progressed extremely well.   She has been into it enough that she
>is really enjoying it.  I felt that the time has come that she needs a good
>camera.   I found a used R4mot in excellent condition and made her a gift of
>it along with three lenses.  I have never seen her so happy.......until she
>processed her first roll of Tmax.   On each negative there is a dark vertical
>area of about 5mm in width (vertical being the 24mm part of the negative, not
>36mm).    On some negatives there are two dark areas, some being wider than
>the 5mm.
>
>Upon opening the back I noticed that the foam material that surrounds the
>window that allows you to identify the film is gone.  There is a sticky
>residue where the foam material was.   Also, I noticed that there is a sticky
>residue around the edge and hinge area of the back.  It appears that there
may
>have been some type of material in those tracks as well.
>
>These are the only things that I can find wrong with the camera.  The shutter
>appears to be working perfectly.
>
>I am begging my Lugger colleagues to come to my rescue.   Your response will
>be appreciated.
>
>Bob Bedwell
>Greensboro, NC
>
>
>
><< 
> 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 
> > >> >>
> 
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