Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R-8 Shutter
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 03:46:34 -0400

I recall a camera store salesman telling me how he tried to use a can of
compressed air to clean out the inards of his camera.  The shutter blades
were destroyed.

dan c.

At 11:53 PM 09-10-01 -0700, Ray Moth wrote:
>
>The R8 shutter blades are indeed very thin and are easily damaged if
>poked with something, e.g. a film leader that is not flat. Be
>especially careful removing an exposed film if you haven't rewound the
>leader fully into the film cannister.
>

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