Re: [Leica] New List Member, New Leica Owner

[John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>]

Try all the speeds, levers, self-timer, etc. Most likely problems areas are
the slow shutter speeds off or hanging and the self-timer ditto. Since it
was recently CLAed, I would dry fire the camera a billion times or so and it
should straighten itself out. If not the following sites have repair
resources listed:

http://www.lhsa.org/

http://teachnet.edb.utexas.edu/~leica/   (seems to be down right now)

Cheers

John Collier

> From: Shel Belinkoff <belinkoff@earthlink.net>
> 
> Everything is in excellent condition.  The camera had a CLA about three
> years ago, but has not been used since.  Everything seems to be in good
> operational condition, but I've not run any film through it yet.  I've a
> few questions, the first of which is, what, if any, problems should I
> specifically look for considering the camera's lack of use all this
> time?  
> 
> Any recommendations for a good repair facility?  I'm in the San
> Francisco area of California, and a place close by would be ideal.
> However, I don't mind sending the camera out of the area if need be.