Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://nemeng.com/leica/034ba.shtml John Collier On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, at 01:24 AM, Ray Moth wrote: > I bought a user-grade M2 privately, a couple of months ago. It seemed > to be OK mechanically and optically but, after some playing around with > it, I notice that the shutter release sometimes fails to operate - > about once in every 10 shots or thereabouts. I can press the button > fully down, as usual, but nothing happens. The selected shutter speed > makes no difference. This only ever happens if the baseplate is fitted. > If I then remove the baseplate, the shutter is freed up and can then be > released normally. The baseplate does not appear to be bent or buckled > but it's as though it were pressing on something and interfering with > the shutter release. I notice, also, that the shutter button has to be > pressed down quite as long way to fire the shutter when it's operating > normally - almost to the end of its travel. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html