Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca> > Subject: [Leica] problem with my M6 > Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20010306092516.00982c40@POP6.sympatico.ca> > References: > > I have a problem with my M6 and I'm hoping someone here knows what is > happening. > > Please check out http://www.photoartworld.com/m6.jpg for an example frame > that shows the problem. > > The image is fairly large (about 146k) as I want the problem to be clearly > visible. As you can see, there is a thin overexposed verticle band approx > 1/2 mm in width (in real life) and about 1/2 mm from the right edge of the > frame. The band extends a bit out of the frame and there appears to be > some flaring or something to the left of the band. > > When using the camera, I noticed that occasionally (and especially when it > was cold) after releasing the shutter, the wind mechanism wouldn't work. I > would have to jiggle it repeatedly until the wind lever would engage. I > didn't try forcing it excessively. This would happen repeatedly. Also, > while the wind lever was stuck, the meter continued to work (ie, the > shutter was released and the white spot hidden, yet I could still see the > red LED'd lit in the viewfinder. > > Any clues? > > Thanks, > > Dan C. Looks like shutter bounce to me CLA called for I guess. cheers Frank