Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan - have you "disassembled" one, or at least popped off the lid to get in? How do you do it? (and please say something more than "very carefully")? What do you clean such a mechanism with? I read somewhere to use lighter fluid. And what do you use to re-lubricate it with? ...Vick Dan Post wrote: > Depends on the model- some of the Leicas had slow speeds that worked DRY and > if they have accumulated gunk- they need a good cleaning, and let go at > that- not to say that other parts might not need a lube! > The more I study these little monster, the more amazed I become at the > engineers' taking a relatively simple idea, and taking it to the ultimate of > developement! > I gather that the shutter in Leicas, since the time of the IIIg have not > really been changed- they are the end result of 40 years of development to > make the cloth focal plane shutter perfect- or nearly so! > I never would have guessed that so much time and research would go into the > making of such a relatively simple device!! > Dan (Boggled!) Post > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ted Bradshaw <ted@junior60.demon.co.uk> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:50 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] More LTM questions > > > Vick Ko wrote: > > > > > Has anyone had an intermittent shutter? I'm not sure that I'm seeing > > > ghosts, but I have picked up the camera a couple times, and the > > > shutter has fired slowly. But if I wind and fire it a few more times, > > > it seems fine. Maybe the old girl just needs to stretch and limber up > > > a bit before going out? > > > > She needs to have the shutter serviced. The lubricants in the slow speed > > escapement have thickened and clogged up with age, but a CLA should sort > her > > out. > > > > I had my Leica LTMs serviced here in the UK two years ago at a cost of UKP > > 70 each. They now have shutters that run as smoothly and reliably as a > good > > sewing machine. > > > > Best. > > > > Ted Bradshaw. > >