Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Shutter not closing
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 07:21:39 +0200

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
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