Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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