I think my M4 is cursed, been in the shop for a shutter speed issue and a full overhaul in the last two years and now looks like i may have to take it back.
Yeah, I have a M2 and M6ttl. The M6 has the cursed meter doesn't time out when cocked. Solution don't leave cocked with battery in place, or remove battery and dispose of responsibility. There's a guy locally that could probably fix it, but the risks outweigh the benefit.There is an old engineering adage: "Fix anything enough times and you will really break it."
Yeah, I have a M2 and M6ttl. The M6 has the cursed meter doesn't time out when cocked. Solution don't leave cocked with battery in place, or remove battery and dispose of responsibility. There's a guy locally that could probably fix it, but the risks outweigh the benefit.
Send to whoever is The Best, for a complete work over. The camera is worth getting expert hands involved.
The two emphasised statements don't really compute. Camera techs are not infallible and their customers are mostly not equipped to evaluate the quality of work performed. If you don't know if it is your fault that it is in need of calibration, then how do you know if Starkie did a good job?The camera had a full overhaul by Starkie at Cameraworks at significant cost, so doesn't really get better than this. It came back super smooth and nice. Was just surprised that a year and a half later I need to calibrate it. I don't know, maybe I bumped it somewhere...
The two emphasised statements don't really compute. Camera techs are not infallible and their customers are mostly not equipped to evaluate the quality of work performed. If you don't know if it is your fault that it is in need of calibration, then how do you know if Starkie did a good job?
how do you know if Starkie did a good job
That's cool! Teach a man to fish.....Well...in the end with a bit of youtube and a screwdriver and 10 minutes I adjusted the vertical alignment which is what was actually off. Seems spot on, we'll see on the next roll what happens.
I have 3 recent service jobs, all from highly recommended techs, that had to go back for further adjustment. Luckily for me issues were identified within the warranty period - but could as well have been found outside.
A simple screw than isn’t secured can cause a lot of grief.
Not saying it is the case here, but regular RF patch adjustments isn’t normally necessary.
I recently bought an immaculate M4 that had paperwork showing it had just been fully serviced with a full shutter overhaul by a very prominent tech here in the US.
I opened the back to check the shutter action. I could see the second curtain dragging and bouncing! I filmed a short vid, and sent the camera back to the shop with the vid so they could see exactly what to look for.
They gave me a refund.
Funny thing this actually was a blessing, as I should not have bought that camera! No need for it at all.
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