Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/17

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Subject: [Leica] Question on lens switching
From: locke at straylight.ca (Greg Locke)
Date: Fri Sep 17 18:52:08 2004

Needs a shutter adjustment.

Been there.

Greg Locke
St. John's, Newfoundland
http://blog.greglocke.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On 
> Behalf Of Mike Durling
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 4:15 AM
> To: wade@heninger.org; Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Question on lens switching
> 
> I have an identical problem with one of my M4s.  I believe 
> light is leaking under the shutter.  the curtain has either 
> gotten deformed or the tension is lose on that edge.  Another 
> theory is that there is a baffle that has slipped out in the channel.
> 
> It only happens occasionally to me.  I try to just shoot off 
> a frame when I change lenses.  Long term solution, obviously, 
> is to get the camera serviced.
> 
> Mike D
> 
> Wade Heninger wrote:
> > FYI, here is a scan of the neg with the leak in question.  It's the 
> > same on every frame where I switched a lens.
> > 
> > http://heninger.org/_public/leaking6.jpg
> > 
> > 
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