Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/16

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Subject: Re: M3 shutter speed
From: Stephen Gandy <cameras@jetlink.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:37:52 -0800

seungmin@luxmail.luxcom.com wrote:
> 
>      Hi,
> 
>      I bought a M3 and have a question.
>      The 1 sec shutter speed is a little longer like 1 and a quater sec.  I
>      checked the fast speed also by firing the shutter looking toward a
>      halogen lamp with the back door open.  With the two other known good M
>      cameras, I could see the whole lamp, but with the new M3 I could only
>      see about half of the lamp.  I think it fires much faster than
>      1/1000th sec at 1/1000th sec.  I wonder if this is the first symptom
>      for a future shutter problem.  If it is, I want to return it.
>      I would appreciate any of your opinion.
> 
>
Don't waste your time guessing, or by following anyone else's guess for
that matter.

Take it to your local camera repairman and find out for sure.

Stephen Gandy