Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/28

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Subject: [Leica] M7 battery cover
From: kkanno at users.symmetric.net (Ken)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:42:09 -0600 (CST)
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The M7 doesn't have threads, or at least mine doesn't. It's the "new" 
version with the infared DX reader, if that matters.

As for prying it off, I meant as it prying to turn the thing to open up. 
It only takes a quarter turn or less to open, but refuses to do so unless 
you get rough.



On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:

> Ken,
>
> It is the same cover size and threads.  You should have been able to grab 
> it by the serrated edge and turned it off, rather than prying it off.  Now 
> you get to clean the threads before fitting the new one. ;)
>
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken" <kkanno at users.symmetric.net>
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 11:03:16 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [Leica] M7 battery cover
>
> Any tips for removing the damn battery cover on these things?
>
> Considering how hard it is to remove them, I felt no shame in taking a
> pocket knife and chipping a notch into the edge of the battery cover and
> prying it off against the lense relase button.
>
> I see mentions of a slotted M6 battey cover that can be ordered from leica
> directly. Does anybody know off hand if this is compatible with the M7?
>
> Also, I'd be be willing to buy a beater spare battery cover to try to
> mill a slot into myself if anybody in the US has one.
>
>
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron) ([Leica] M7 battery cover)
In reply to: Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com) ([Leica] M7 battery cover)