Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello all . This afternoon I'm having a phone call from a friend , a young guy who shares the same hobbies : Drag racing and increasingly , photography . Guess what I've got in my hands , he said ? A brand new M6 TTL and a 50 Summicron + SF20 Flash ! My parents just offered it to me for my 25th birthday . Very nice gift . This one is gonna be a keeper , I thought . I must admit that I'v got my part of influence in that wonderfull gift . So an hour later , my friend showed up at home , with the thing in hand . The dealer had offered to install everything on it , but his parents prefered to give him the brand new camera sealed , knowing that he would come home for a live explanation . So I let my friend open the box , and quickly read the initial procedures . He installs the battery , put the Summicron in , set the speed selector to some value , arms the shutter , looks through the finder , depresses the shutter button , takes a shot and .... says no led is coming in the finder ! I try the M6 myself , and must confirm that nothing illuminates in the finder . So I remove the battery , and check it with a voltmeter : 3 volts dead in , good battery . But the camera is not working . Now I take the battery from my own M6 , installs it in his , and the damn thing still doesn't work ! Guess what it was ? The little sticker , indicating the +/- direction in the battery button , was apposed backwards ! Where is Leica quality control ? Fortunatly , this didn't seem to burn anything . But we decided to leave it like that as a proof , just in case we burned something without noticing . My friend showed the camera to the dealer , who checked the other cameras , which were good .... JO GOODTIMES -FRANCE/ AIRBORNE RADAR TECH / LIVE FREE OR DIE will soon walk with mud covered combat boots...