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Subject: [Leica] M8 RF froze up today
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:25:39 -0800
References: <8c8849061002162141g71a3c8ej2c036bc21e32553b@mail.gmail.com>, <199707477.5244951266420076586.JavaMail.root@dsmdc-mail-mbs12>, <005f01caafea$ec5b60a0$c51221e0$@net> <BAY113-W2592F8C75E7DFB84E2CEA78C480@phx.gbl>

I certainly feel badly for you.,....

It sounds to me like there is some interference in the mechanism. Sort of
like a piece of dust that got stuck in the mechanism
Did you try to jiggle the arm by using your finger to move it back and
forth?

In any event, it should go to Leica for a look..... 

Frank Filippone
red735i at earthlink.net


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
vick.ko at sympatico.ca
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:28 AM
To: lug at leica-users.org
Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 RF froze up today


All, the problem is the RF swing arm (the part that holds the little
roller).  Not the frame selector.

Never had a problem like this on my film M's.  And to think, this isn't even
an electrical or "new fangled" part of the M8.  Surely they should have
gotten this part right; it is a 52 year old design.

...Vick
                                          

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