[Leica] *****SPAM*****: Re: My M2 is stuck!

[Nathan Wajsman]

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

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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:
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> If it’s going in anyway do try the shutter option…is is doa now and maybe you can channel your inner HCB
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>> On Mar 15, 2023, at 2:48 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu <mailto:photo at frozenlight.eu>> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
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>> 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/>>
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>> 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:
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>>> 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.
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>>> In any case it appears your camera will be in the shop again as it has
>>> requested a visit to the doctor.
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>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 2:59 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu <mailto:photo at frozenlight.eu>> wrote:
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> Any ideas?
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>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Nathan
>>>> 
>>>> Nathan Wajsman
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>>>> 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/>>
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>>>> 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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