[Leica] shutter at the thought

[Mark Kronquist]

Well, chances are you did not burn the whole thing away…off to a fix and start shopping 

> On Mar 15, 2023, at 10:32 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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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.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> 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:
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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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>>>> 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
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>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
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