Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the little rangefinder focusing patch is now slightly out of vertical alignment, which it wasn't before. I guess the camera must have sustained a blow - although I really can't remember that happening. Coming home from my little Christmas getaway, the camera was in my camera bag. Maybe something happened I didn't notice...
AAAArrrrrrrghhh! -frank frank theriault wrote: > I won't get into the personal reasons as to why I'm having a lousy > weekend. Let's just say it hasn't exactly worked out the way I'd > hoped. So what do I do when things look down? Right, grab a camera and > go and take pictures. > > So, that's what I did. I walked out of my apartment with my Leica CL > around my shoulder. When I went to take a picture, the meter wouldn't > work (it worked as recently as Boxing Day). And, the indicator in the > viewfinder won't go any lower than 1/30th. The shutter speed dial is > ~very~ stiff below that speed, but it appears that the shutter speeds > themselves are okay. > > I suspect the problem to be mechanical, as the "meter check" button > produces no response, and that only checks that the little rods that > connect the meter mechanism to the rest of the camera are in alignment. > But, the problem could be electical as well, I don't know. > > Whatever it is, I can't imagine that the repair will be cheap. > > Sigh... > > I think I'll rent a depressing movie. At least that way I won't feel > alone. > > regards, > frank > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
