Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] the m6 shutter smack
From: "olivier nguyen" <oliviertnguyen@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:18:45 -0400

that is cool


>From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Leica Users Group (LUG))
>Subject: [Leica] the m6 shutter smack
>Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:54:26 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
>while shooting at a gathering at a friend's house, my m6 085 after 5 frames
>stuck with the shutter open!  since there were n*k*n and c*n*n shooters
>present, i merely excused myself quietly, switched to the m6 072
>and continued with no one the wiser.  (wouldn't want to sully the
>reputation of the marque! :-)
>
>so anyway, i took the sick m6 down to bergen county camera so as means to
>send to leica usa, when rob (their great leica guy) says, "oh yeah, let me 
>try
>something" and smacks the baseplate  smartly against the palm of the hand.
>the shutter snaps shut, and now works fine at all speeds.  rob said that
>they taught one that technique at leica school.    he said to try it out
>with film and maybe it was just a fluke without ill after effects.
>
>i ran through a roll of HP5+ that afternoon and the negs look just fine.
>
>i've owned m6's for 15 years and never had that happen, nor had i heard
>of the corrective technique.  you learn something new every day.
>
>-rei
>
>--
>Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
>Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
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