Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 2nd R6 problem
From: "Harrison McClary" <hmcclary@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 23:27:30 +0000

John McLeod wrote:

> Well ... today I was shooting with the second body and the same thing
> happened -- viewfinder dim when stopped down and a loose DOF lever.  Now it
> doesn't matter which lens I put on which body -- nothing works.


John,

When you look at the camera body with the lens off, inside the mount 
there is a tab which engages the aperture apparatus in the lens.  
This tab is at about the 8 o'clock position.  If this tab is loose 
and has no resistance you need to send the camera in for repair.  
There is a spring which keeps this tab in the "open" position until 
either the DOF lever is engaged, or a photo is made.

If the DOF preview is working properly this tab should rotate 
clockwise up to about the 9:30 position and then spring back when the 
lever is released.

Hope this helps.  I know when my R6 went down on me I could actually 
see the lens stopping down on about 5 or 6 shots before it totally 
went out on me.  I was in Alabama working on a magazine project and 
thank goodness I had my M6 and R8 as backups.  And it was on the last 
photo for the magazine that it broke, whew that was a slim stroke 
of luck!  And probably the only decent luck I have had in 2 years!

Good luck and I hope it is nothing major.
Harrison McClary
http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto