Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/20

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: M6 Meter
From: doctorc8@stout.entertain.com (Henry Chu)
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 20:46:16 -0700
 
I just experienced this last week.  What I noticed was the LED's were not
as bright as with the fresh battery.  There was a tendency for the meter to
drift downward as time passed, i.e. it would give a certain reading, let's
say f/16 @ 1/125, initially and as I was composing the shot the meter f/5.6
@ 1/125.  Once I replaced the battery, it was not a problem.

Henry


>The manual for the M6 states that the light meter will give correct
>readings as long as the LED's  light up. Recently I had a very nasty
>experience the light meter was approximately off by 4 stops. I dit not
>spot the problem at the time as I was using an unfamiliar film speed.
>New batteries restored correct reading.
>
>Has anyone experienced similar problems, if so how do you know when to
>replace the batteries.
>
>Any comments will be appreciated.
>
>Ole