Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Having the meter in your M6 fail isn't the worst thing that can happen to you, after all, you should be able to make reasonable guesses for the exposure. You should get SOMETHING on film, albeit perhaps not the ideal exposure. And without the meter, why would the M6 be any worse than any of your other cameras? Why relegate it to paper weight status? Dan C. At 05:08 PM 15-05-99 -0000, you wrote: >I recently shipped my M6 back to Leica UK because of an intermittent >problem with the meter - the LEDs were staying lit for about 10 >seconds after the photo was taken, and would re-light if I pressed on >the release. This sounds like the switch which is intended to turn off >the meter when the shutter is fired is not working correctly. [snip] > >At the moment the meter problem is simply a minor inconvenience which >I could live with, but what what worries me is that the meter may one >day fail by refusing to turn on, and I'll be left explaining to my >publishing director that no I didn't get the pictures, and yes, I went >on an assignment with a camera which I knew to have an intermittent >fault... > >Doug Richardson > > > > >