Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a Wetzlar one from 1985 and I have had no problems with it. Well - the screw that holds the R lever came loose early on and so the lever came loose, too - and simple tightening did not do it so I did get it fixed. But actually I had it checked only a couple of weeks ago because I purchased a 135 mm lens that would not give good focus and I had to be sure if the lens or the body was the culprit - it was the lens - and while it was at the repair shop all functions were checked and everything was OK. Not bad for a 16 year old body. So there is no real need to stay away from an early one without the blinking lights if it is working properly. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 14. kesäkuuta 2001 18:37 Aihe: Re: [Leica] Early M6 query >At 11:02 AM 6/14/01 EDT, Mark Langer wrote: >>I've got a lead on a clean M6 from about 85 and 86 that I've been told is >>a Weztlar one. My chief Leica guru has told me to look for an early M6 >>before the plastic film counter dial, but not so early that it lacks the >>blinking lights. I haven't heard back from my oracle yet, so I come to >>LUG as the source of all knowledge and in the hope that I don't spark a >>flame war with my innocent questions. Is there any advantage to getting >>an earlier M6 over a later one? While I know about the plastic film >>counter, when did this modification come in? Finally, what are the >>"blinking lights"? > >I have a Wetzlar M6. It originally came with metering lights which did not >indicate when the light was insufficient to take a picture under any >combination of speed and f-stops. Around 1988, this was changed so that, >under these circumstances, the metering lights in the VF blink. Leica has >been replacing the older metering system with the newer ones whenever an >early M6 passes through their hands, so this may have already been done on >this camera. > >Marc > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! >