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Subject: [Leica] My M2 is stuck!
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 16:00:12 -0700
References: <A70183E9-99F7-44B3-9362-82BFC4629940@frozenlight.eu> <CA+3n+_=3SRGExcVe=RjJm_PDs5zPXUT=EchzD2c40PhERwgmgw@mail.gmail.com> <290150FB-B7E6-49B9-AF10-4CEB0F256A68@frozenlight.eu>

If it?s going in anyway do try the shutter option?is is doa now and maybe 
you can channel your inner HCB

> On Mar 15, 2023, at 2:48 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
> wrote:
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> Thanks guys! I am not brave enough to finger the shutter, so the camera 
> will get sent to Wil van Manen in the Netherlands. Fortunately, I also 
> have my Fuji X-E3 and the Ricoh GR2 with me here in Paris, so I will not 
> have to rely on my phone.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws 
> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ 
> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator 
> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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> ????? ???????! ?????? ?????!
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>> On 15 Mar 2023, at 21:17, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>> 
>> When you can take your camera and open the back.  As Mark said carefully
>> push the black shutter bar all the way to the wind side if the camera has
>> not been fired: if the camera failed to wind push the bar all the way to
>> the wind side.  Make sure your rewind is in the shooting position as Mark
>> suggested then see if the camera will wind.  If not then try a percussive
>> maintenance on the bottom of the camera and see if it will wind and fire.
>> 
>> In any case it appears your camera will be in the shop again as it has
>> requested a visit to the doctor.
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>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 2:59?PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> So, here I am, in Paris until Friday, with fantasies of being HCB with my
>>> M2, and all of a sudden the camera will not advance! I had taken a 
>>> picture,
>>> everything seemed normal, but then the camera would not advance the film 
>>> no
>>> matter how much I cursed it.  I resigned myself to not being able to
>>> pretend to be HCB on this trip, rewound the half-finished roll of Acros 
>>> and
>>> put the Leica away in my suitcase. But I really wonder how this happens. 
>>> I
>>> had the camera CLAd not too long ago, in 2020 or 2021, and it has been
>>> flawless until now.
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Nathan
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> 
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu 
>>> <http://www.greatpix.eu/>
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>>> 
>>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>>> 
>>> ????? ???????! ?????? ?????!
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>> -- 
>> Don
>> don.dory at gmail.com
>> 
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