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Subject: [Leica] HELP WITH M6 TTL
From: Gishnu.Das at mssm.edu (Gishnu Das)
Date: Sun May 16 06:01:53 2004

thanks Karen

On Sunday, May 16, 2004, at 12:55  AM, Karen Nakamura wrote:

>> Absolutely....
>> The weird thing is that why do I get good pictures in between.
>> Also I forgot to mention...the pictures that I get are from very low 
>> light night shots and they are amazingly perfect!
>
>
> Hmmm..... so the low-speed photos (< 1/55 sec)  are OK and the 
> highspeed (> 1/55 sec) are not? It sounds like your shutter is capping 
> itself at the highspeed. This is a simple adjustment for a skilled 
> repairperson.
>
> Test it by opening the camera back, point it towards a bright light 
> source and look through the shutter as it fires. The slow speeds 
> should be obviously open. WIth the high shutter speeds, make sure you 
> can see a small slit, even at 1/1000 sec.
>
Will do after the present role is over.
> Karen
>
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