Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/21

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Subject: Re: Leitz M6 vs. Leica M6
From: dlevy@worldy.com
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 12:06:02 -0500

Count Leicas rather than sheep, but putting a 1 month old baby on a Leica
sounds like an invitation for a CLA.

At 08:11 PM 11/20/96 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>
>>Just a thought, but maybe the manual that came with your camera was an older
>>one.
>
>Dan, persist, persist, persist... I looked at my manual and found what we're
>looking for. On page 42 is listed Technical Data, the stuff I quoted you
>.125cd/M sqd., etc. But, on page 21 the data's different. It says that the
>meter's sensitivity begins at .063cd/M sqd. and that the working range is
>from EV -1 to EV 20. That's a full stop. That is 1/16 candlepower vs 1/8
>candlepower. It seems that the folks at Leica got lazy and didn't rewrite
>the tech data in the back of the manual. Sorry, but you're back to sleepless
>nights - try warm milk or counting sheep. I have a 1 month old son who likes
>to sit on the clothes dryer while it's running - puts him right out. Then
>again, he doesn't have a Leica, yet.
>
>ben
>
>
Brian Levy, J.D.
Agincourt Ont.
dlevy@worldy.com