Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]leicas sure have personality don't they? :) <<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 ....>> - -- Tristan Tom <http://tristantom.com/>