Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] flash (again)
From: Craig Zeni <clzeni@mindspring.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 09:16:33 -0500

At 07:22 PM 12/21/2001, you wrote:
>Hi folks!  I tried posting about a week ago and didn't get any response, so I
>thought I'd try again....
>I've got an M2 that I had trouble getting the flash to fire with. I took it
>to my local store and replaced the flash adaptor plug.  This is the second
>one I've replaced inl ess than two years.  It seems odd that the plug would
>go bad so quickly and wondered if anyone else has had the same problem.
>Anyone?

If you've seen it with two plugs, I'd wager -
1) Flash contacts in the camera are flakey, dirty or both
2) The plug is not making good contact in the socket - I found with my M3 
that if I gave the plug a couple of spins after inserting it I could get a 
reliable connection.


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