Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've had an M6 since the first year they were out, and the meter has always been fine. Don't know about any redesign, though--only changes I know about were early in the run, when they added the rubber to the back of the finder and the strap-scratch protectors. At 10:55 AM 10/1/96 EDT, you wrote: > > >>I have a very dear friend who I ran into at the local coffee house this >>morning. She spent more than a few minutes complaining how her M6 (brand >>new) started behaving rather badly. It seems the meter simply wouldn't work >>no matter what she tried. She returned it to the dealer who replaced it >with >>a new one. I have heard more than a few rumblings about meter reliability >on >>the M6 body. I am aware that there are several versions of this camera, I >>assume though that hers was the latest. Is this a problem or just bad luck? > >Data point: M6 SN 16XXXXX never had a meter probelm. Its always been >reliable and accurate either after a sand storm or under a light drizzle. > Some >folks have mentioned that the current version is different than mine. > >>Could it be that those Germans are not as talented in the electronics dept. >>as they are in the machine shop? I recall similiar feelings when my 1993 C2 >>wouldn't start after being left in the snow. > >Data point: 1984 Carrera (first year with Bosch black box) never had a >probelm. >Always started and ran in Chicago winters and Texas summers. I knew others >who did have big problems; at about $1250 replacement cost. > >> > The black box is truly the >>antichrist of consumerism. > >... > > - Kevin > >kburke@iterated.com > > Charles E. Love, Jr. 517 Warren Place Ithaca, New York 14850 607-272-7338 CEL14@CORNELL.EDU