Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No wonder my M6s work so good! As you may have read in my previous post, they've gotten smacked around lots of times. And here I was worried, silly me. It's a Leica certified technique for keeping them healthy! Gunnar ________________________________________________________ Voltaire on his death bed was asked by a priest to renounce the Devil. Replied Voltaire: "This is no time to make new enemies." On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at 01:54 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote: > 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 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html