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

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Subject: Re: M3 shutter speed
From: bmwr100r@subcellar.mwci.net
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:28:34 +0000

The camera is probably more than 30 years old.  Why not have it CLA?  
Buying almost any used Leica it's a good bet to send it in and get it 
adjusted.

>      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.
>      
>      Regards,
>      David
>      seungmin@luxcom.com
> 
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