Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, I have never heard about this?. I?m sorry. Did you never CLA?D your IIIF? When I had mine I had as well problems with the shutter and Malcom taylor has replaced it by a new one, call and ask him, he is a very honest person. Good luck! Lluis > El 7 abr 2018, a les 21:51, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> va > escriure: > > Dear LUGers, HELP!! > > Today I took my IIIf out to town for the first time in a long while with a > roll > of XP2 in it. I had checked the film before I took it out and it was in OK > and > winding on successfully. I took a few shots in the street and then the film > seemed to break. That was sad enough, but then I realised that the shutter > had > stuck closed and no amount of pressing the button would release it. Sorry > Ted! > > I seem to remember that there are tricks for getting the shutter to > release, but > can't recall them. Can anyone on the LUG remember how to do it? I don't > want to > pay for a CLA if I don't have to. FWIW I have taken the film out, have > tried to > release it by winding on etc. The odd thing is that the winder seems to be > moving a bit too freely. > > Grateful for any advice, especially any which gets things back to how they > were! > > Regards, > > Peter > -- > > =========================================================== > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information