Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Milos, To me it is a no-brainer. If the camera is still under warranty, you should send it in for repair. This behaviour is not normal and you should not tolerate it in a new camera, even if you do not often use the slow shutter speeds. Nathan Milos Kocman wrote: > Hi all, > > today I thought I might give my M6s a little exercise, a few shutter > releases at every speed. The unexpected struck again - it's deja vu for > me - and on one of the cameras, at half second speed, the shutter opened > and remained so.. for several seconds, then it closed again. I tried > releasing the shutter at that speed again, many times, got one more > sticky occurence, this time it took the curtain less time to swing back. > > I am uncertain as to what to do - should I have the camera serviced or > will the problem go away with more use/exercise at that speed. I should > note that I almost never use speeds below 1/4 of a second and that the > camera is about a year old. Which means it's still under warranty. > > I'd appreciate any sage comments - I would hate to make another trip to > Solms but would if it's necessary. > > Greetings, > > Milos > -- > netfolio : http://kocman.com > email : milos@kocman.com > phone : +420 602 255 321 - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo site: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/