Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert-- I trust you sent them the strobe, too??? Good luck. John > >I need the collective wisdom of the LUG to help me with my battle >with Leica Repair in NJ. > >The problem is with my M6 classic and flash synchronization. >Intermittently, the flash does not synchronize with the shutter. >Two pictures in a row; one will be okay and the next one not okay. > >There is one odd correlation: the incorrect flash synch always >happens if, while winding the shutter, the flash goes off. This can >be very annoying, but it also means that I am never sure whether a >picture will come out using flash. > >The M6 has been to Leica service 3 times. I have even sent them >negatives showing side by side frames, one good one bad. Their >response now is that the camera is okay, "tell the customer to use >1/50 second." They must think I am an idiot. > >I even searched the archives and found other problems using flash, >where the flash fired while the shutter was advanced. > >I am thinking that there must be some contact point on the shutter >that is tripping the flash early, and hitting the flash contact on >the shutter wind. > >Any idea why this is happening so that I can tell the Leica people >what to do will be appreciated. > >Robert Rose - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html