Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had the same problem with the slotted cover on my Contax G-1.... > From: "Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:37:17 -0500 > To: "'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'"<leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: M6 metering question > > Jim, > > That sounds like a great idea. One time I had to go to a jeweler to remove > the battery cover from my M6. They couldn't even do it with their special > tools. I finally got it off myself, but I scratched it up badly. During a > Leica field day the rep from NJ saw it. She said she'd send me another. I > didn't expect she'd follow through, but she did. two weeks later a new one > arrived. That made me even more committed to Leica, if that were possible. > > I still used the old cover for a while. However, I was afraid to tighten it > down too tightly. As luck would have it, it worked loose and eventually fell > out so I lost it. Now I'm using the new one. I'm afraid to tighten it down > too tightly or to leave it too loose. I chose loose and check it regularly. > This all happened several years ago and the cover has worked loose a few > times, but I've always noticed it. A slotted cover would solve all my > problems. > > I have a second M6. I've never had a problem with the cover being too > difficult to remove or working it's way loose on that one. Seems to only be > an issue with one. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Brick [mailto:jim@brick.org] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:08 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: M6 metering question > > > Leica sells an M6 battery cover with a coin slot on the front. I have them > on my M6's. They sure make loosening and tightening the cover a piece of > cake. And with no damage. > > Call Leica parts. They have them in stock. > > Jim > > > At 06:08 PM 9/26/2001 -0700, you wrote: >> The meter on my M6 stopped working (it said the image was always >> underexposed). >> I just assumed that this was a dead battery and replaced the battery. Same >> thing. >> I suppose of course that the replacement battery could be bad, too (it >> came from >> Radio Shack and I bought it at least a year ago). Is this failure mode of > the >> metering system something that happens? >> >> Also: how on earth am I supposed to get the battery cover off without >> scratching it? >> I finally used some Silly Putty to get a grip on it, but I didn't think of >> that >> until I'd tried several other techniques, none of which worked. >> >> And what's the best way to touch up scratches in that paint? Ordinary black >> spraypaint? $200/bottle Leica-branded spraypaint? Black nail polish? >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html