Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:40:48 -0500 > From: Stephen Alred <salred@toad.net> > Subject: [Leica] M6 Field Repair? > > My M6 film advance jammed in mid-wind today as I was loading a roll of > film. Any tricks to dealing with it before I ship it to Don Goldberg? > > Symptoms: > Film advance lever will not move forward past the "engage" position > (moves backward from there OK) > Shutter button moves but doesn't release the shutter > Shutter is partially wound -- the "seam" between the curtains is at the left > edge of the opening when viewed from the back. > > Any hatpin/chewing gum remedies??? > Thanks, > Steve Alred > Hi Steve! I have eperienced a couple of times one type of jamming thatīs easily cured: when loading the upper edge of film can wedge itself under the upper side of the film gate and the camera is jammed in mid-stroke. The cure: open camera and start loading again, this time making sure that the film lies flat. All the best! Raimo Photos at: http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen