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Agree with Bill. Do not try to patch it, but have new shutter curtains installed by Leica. Patching means locally changing the thickness of the curtains, which will negatively affect the operation of the shutter.

 

Andy

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Thanks for the advice.

 

The patches were offered by an established Leica Repair person...

 

They are self adhesive and appear to be made of a similar material. I must confess to being sceptical myself (hence my post), but I am assured many such patches are in user on M cameras.

 

On a seperate note I can't believe how quickly it happened, we were sat outside a cafe. I took two exposures, the first one is fine. The next one in the sequence just a few moments later shows the evidence of the damage.

 

-TIm

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Tim, bloody Hell! I'm sorry. We must all remember that this is a constant threat.

 

Don't fall for the band-aid thing, get it fixed properly - and never again leave your wonderful camera in the sun like that!...

 

Very best regards, :)

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On a seperate note I can't believe how quickly it happened, we were sat outside a cafe. I took two exposures, the first one is fine. The next one in the sequence just a few moments later shows the evidence of the damage.

 

Tim, although this might be obvious to most of M users, I heard from a friend that the curtain on his M6 was holed by leaving the camera on the seat of a car with the lens up for quite a short period, the sun dangerously shining on it. It also seems that he had either a 35 or 50mm lens on, focused at infinity at the time of the incident. I am sorry for you, but wold suggest to have the curtain substituted by Leica. Why taking any risk with such a nice –and expensive– camera?

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I also burned a hole into my shutter during vacation in NYC.

With a fast lens, accidently focused on the right distance (not infinity, the shutter is 2-3mm in front of the film) the sun needs only a few seconds to burn a hole into it.

I've "repaired" it with ordinary black tape, it works pretty well but isn't a long-term solution of course - but what would you do during vacation?

You need to send it to Leica, it costs about 350€ (they need to disassemble most of the camera), including maintenance.

Now I try to close the aperture every time I don't take a picture, you just need to get used to it.

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Thanks for all the advice gents.

 

Its going to be a month or so before anyone can look at the M6. I have chalked this up to experience, and don't intend to let it happen again.

 

Chatting to various people made me feel a little better, it is surprisingly common.

 

Cheers.

 

-Tim

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Hi,

Thanks for the warning about this. I remember hearing about this possibility about a year or so ago and bought a lens cap for my 35mm f2 and made sure I use the lens cap on my 50mm f2 also. It reminds me of paper and a magnifying glass as a kid. You'd need to have the lens pointing at the sun but I guess at full aperture it can happen. This also reminds me why it is best to have 2 M bodies incase one has to be fixed.

 

I agree with others that a return for new curtain and service is probably the best assuming you can part with your M6TTL.

 

Regards, Lincoln

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