Tobers Posted October 4, 2016 Share #1 Posted October 4, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all, The little screw at the front of the hot shoe on my M-240 has disappeared, and the thin metal plate that forms the top of the hot shoe has come off (I do have it though, but not the screw). Has anyone else had this problem? Is it as simple as putting a new screw in there to re-secure the thin metal plate? I should pop into Leica Mayfair and hope they have such a screw. The hot shoe still works. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 Hi Tobers, Take a look here M-240 hot shoe screw missing/lost. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
brill64 Posted October 4, 2016 Share #2 Posted October 4, 2016 Leica Mayfair have a small workshop & great tech-guy. I'm sure he'll be able to fix it & you can have a coffee whilst you wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaiHK Posted October 4, 2016 Share #3 Posted October 4, 2016 Yeah. This happened to me also and I lost the thin hot shoe cover as a result. It was a pain. I could not properly mount my flash and my EVF (in fact I lost 2 EVF's that simply fell off as I was walking about). I live in Hong Kong and Leica's agent here had no ability to fix it. I had to send it back to Germany; it took about a month to fix (along with some other things). Good luck with it. K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblutter Posted October 4, 2016 Share #4 Posted October 4, 2016 Strange, mine doesn't have a screw at that position - in fact no screw on the hot shoe at all which is very secure, no movement by hand possible I found this image online, is the same as mine, which is Ser#4822xxx. https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7747/18305139585_271a3d1b71_b.jpg Under close examination, where the screw would be, appears to be a light sensor. Hole is not threaded I recall those post/screws in manual bodies - seemed to be a stop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayewing Posted October 4, 2016 Share #5 Posted October 4, 2016 Do you mean the small hole for the locking pin on a Leica flash? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobers Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted October 4, 2016 Is it not a screw hole then? In which case the metal plate has simply come off and I can't see how it is fixed. On my silver M, the black dot on this image looks like a screw to me but I may be wrong. The silver upside-down U-shaped metal plate within the hot shoe is the bit which has been detached. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayewing Posted October 4, 2016 Share #7 Posted October 4, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! The first image shows the shoe of my Leica SF26 Flash and the locking pin can be seen at the centre top of the shoe. The second image shows the shoe of my M240 and a small round hole can be seen at the corresponding top centre position. The flash has a button which when pressed retracts the pin so that the flash can be safely removed. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! The first image shows the shoe of my Leica SF26 Flash and the locking pin can be seen at the centre top of the shoe. The second image shows the shoe of my M240 and a small round hole can be seen at the corresponding top centre position. The flash has a button which when pressed retracts the pin so that the flash can be safely removed. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/265206-m-240-hot-shoe-screw-missinglost/?do=findComment&comment=3123793'>More sharing options...
Tobers Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted October 4, 2016 Really helpful - thanks for taking the time to take and post those pics. So my problem is that the metal plate has become detached. I can't see an obvious way to reattach it. I had thought it was screwed on but obviously not - I must have dislodged it somehow or it pinged off when I pulled a flash off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobers Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted October 5, 2016 Right, it's all sorted. The little silver plate slides onto the hotshoe but is prevented from sliding in all the way by a little tab on the front that has to go into a corresponding notch on the body. The front edge of the plate needs to be pushed down a bit to get the tab into the slot, and the plate then just clips in. No problem once you know how. Thanks for the help team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayewing Posted October 5, 2016 Share #10 Posted October 5, 2016 Pleased that you have got the problem sorted. Clever to have fixed it yourself without professional help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted October 5, 2016 Share #11 Posted October 5, 2016 Leica Mayfair have a small workshop & great tech-guy. I'm sure he'll be able to fix it & you can have a coffee whilst you wait. i apologise for any confusion. i was thinking of my monochrom v.1, which has a small screw in the hotshoe..the m-240 has no screw there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblutter Posted October 6, 2016 Share #12 Posted October 6, 2016 How about that. Good job group! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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