Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sherry Krauter Factory Trained Leica Specialist Golden Touch Quality Camera Repair 118 Purgatory Road Campbell Hall, N. Y. 10916 (914) 496-8834 At 08:35 PM 7/12/99 -0400, you wrote: >howdy luggers, > i recently acquired an m4-2 that seems to have some problems, i'm not >sure how serious they are or what might be involved in fixing them... > > first, winding lever gives a "ratcheting" feel when winding, exactly as >it would feel if you were dragging the sprockets across a piece of film >not moving in the camera. > secondly, the all shutter speeds between 1 second and 1/125 of a second >are consistantly about 1/45 second where as 250-1000/sec the shutter >doesn't ever actually open, it and the curtian seem to transport the film >plane as one. > > camera was apparantly 100% functional before it got in the mail to me >and was recently serviced, box showed no untoward signs of abuse. i'm >assuming some tiny little plastic piece slipped possibly? any idea what it >might be and whether or not someone with reasonable mechanical skill might >be able to fix it? > > thanks so much for your expertise, > > kyle >