Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Friends, I have heard that there were two different designs of the M6 meter. The new design is better and tells you when the cap is on. Chris At 08:46 PM 9/20/96 -0700, you wrote: >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 > > > > **************************************************** C.M. Fortunko, Ph.D. Group Leader, Materials Characterization (853.05) National Institute of Standards and Technology Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80303 Office phone:(303)497-3062 FAX:(303)497-5030 Residence: (303)494-7246 ****************************************************