P. Lynn Miller
Well-known
This must be the week of Leica break-downs...
Yesterday... the meter in M5 just quits, one exposure it is fine, next exposure it is gone... deader than yesterday's stockmarket report. OK, I can live without a meter for abit until I get around to sending to Sherry or Don for a CLA.
Today... I am sitting at my desk getting my cameras ready for a concert shoot tonight... I notice something funny looking on the leading shutter curtain... a whopping great big hole! The size of a couple of pinheads!
The one time when I really need the M5 and Nokton 50/1.1... it is out of commission! I know, I should have a second M5, but...
So off to the workshop... a dab of bicycle tube repair cement on both side of the curtain followed by a matte black paint job. The curtain is light-tight... but for how long... hopefully long enough to get me through tonight.
I may as well get the tools I need to overhaul the M5. Knowing how to field-strip and repair the M5 would give me the same level of confidence in using a Leica M as my Nikon F's. I do not like when things break, but I hate when things break that I cannot repair myself.
Grrr...
Yesterday... the meter in M5 just quits, one exposure it is fine, next exposure it is gone... deader than yesterday's stockmarket report. OK, I can live without a meter for abit until I get around to sending to Sherry or Don for a CLA.
Today... I am sitting at my desk getting my cameras ready for a concert shoot tonight... I notice something funny looking on the leading shutter curtain... a whopping great big hole! The size of a couple of pinheads!
The one time when I really need the M5 and Nokton 50/1.1... it is out of commission! I know, I should have a second M5, but...
So off to the workshop... a dab of bicycle tube repair cement on both side of the curtain followed by a matte black paint job. The curtain is light-tight... but for how long... hopefully long enough to get me through tonight.
I may as well get the tools I need to overhaul the M5. Knowing how to field-strip and repair the M5 would give me the same level of confidence in using a Leica M as my Nikon F's. I do not like when things break, but I hate when things break that I cannot repair myself.
Grrr...