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Subject: [Leica] *****SPAM*****: Re: My M2 is stuck!
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:32:00 +0100
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Good point, so I just tried, but I do not see any black shutter bar?I do not 
see any part of the shutter at all.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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> On 16 Mar 2023, at 00:00, Mark Kronquist via LUG <lug at leica-users.org 
> <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>> wrote:
> 
> If it?s going in anyway do try the shutter option?is is doa now and maybe 
> you can channel your inner HCB
> 
>> On Mar 15, 2023, at 2:48 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu 
>> <mailto:photo at frozenlight.eu>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks guys! I am not brave enough to finger the shutter, so the camera 
>> will get sent to Wil van Manen in the Netherlands. Fortunately, I also 
>> have my Fuji X-E3 and the Ricoh GR2 with me here in Paris, so I will not 
>> have to rely on my phone.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> 
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> 
>> <http://www.frozenlight.eu/ <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/ 
>> <http://www.greatpix.eu/>>www.greatpix.eu <http://www.greatpix.eu/>
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> 
>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>>
>> 
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> 
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>>
>> 
>> ????? ???????! ?????? ?????!
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>>> On 15 Mar 2023, at 21:17, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org 
>>> <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> When you can take your camera and open the back.  As Mark said carefully
>>> push the black shutter bar all the way to the wind side if the camera has
>>> not been fired: if the camera failed to wind push the bar all the way to
>>> the wind side.  Make sure your rewind is in the shooting position as Mark
>>> suggested then see if the camera will wind.  If not then try a percussive
>>> maintenance on the bottom of the camera and see if it will wind and fire.
>>> 
>>> In any case it appears your camera will be in the shop again as it has
>>> requested a visit to the doctor.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 2:59?PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu 
>>> <mailto:photo at frozenlight.eu>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> So, here I am, in Paris until Friday, with fantasies of being HCB with 
>>>> my
>>>> M2, and all of a sudden the camera will not advance! I had taken a 
>>>> picture,
>>>> everything seemed normal, but then the camera would not advance the 
>>>> film no
>>>> matter how much I cursed it.  I resigned myself to not being able to
>>>> pretend to be HCB on this trip, rewound the half-finished roll of Acros 
>>>> and
>>>> put the Leica away in my suitcase. But I really wonder how this 
>>>> happens. I
>>>> had the camera CLAd not too long ago, in 2020 or 2021, and it has been
>>>> flawless until now.
>>>> 
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Nathan
>>>> 
>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>> 
>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> 
>>>> <http://www.frozenlight.eu/ <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>>
>>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/ 
>>>> <http://www.greatpix.eu/>>www.greatpix.eu <http://www.greatpix.eu/> 
>>>> <http://www.greatpix.eu/ <http://www.greatpix.eu/>>
>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
>>>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws> <
>>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>>Blog: 
>>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
>>>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> <
>>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
>>>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>>
>>>> 
>>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
>>>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> <
>>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
>>>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>>
>>>> 
>>>> ????? ???????! ?????? ?????!
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Don
>>> don.dory at gmail.com <mailto:don.dory at gmail.com>
>>> 
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Replies: Reply from mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist) ([Leica] shutter at the thought)
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