Loose M6 Range-viewfinder eyepiece

[David Scott <xcodyx@tiac.net>]

 Nick,
I  shoot 3200 in my M6 all the time, usually, light permitting at 1600.  I
recall having a similar experience not long after I got my camera.  In my
case, the battery that was supplied with the camera was about spent and a
new one resolved the problem.  In my  opinion the M6 meter is outstanding in
any light.  Perhaps the shutter was'nt cocked as it must be for the meter to
work.  The LEDs quit  about 16 seconds after they are activated as well.  I
can't imagine a situation short of almost total darkness where you would not
get a reading at 1 sec. at f2 with 6400 film.  Try replacing the battery.
Good luck.         =20

>From: "Nicolas Levinton" <nicolev@jet.es>
>To: "LEICA users list" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Subject: Loose M6 Range-viewfinder eyepiece
>Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 00:37:20 +0100
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>When I came home from buying my M6, I started touching every single
>milimiter of it. I literaly made love to it (or should I say her?). One of
>my mistakes was that I unscrewed the Range-viewfinder eyepiece just not to
>have an unexplored spot of the skin of my Leica. I screwed it back strong
>but surely not as strong as it came from the factory. This Christmas I was
>shooting in the jungle at Iguazu Falls (Argentina & Brazil) and then at
>downtown Buenos Aires. Suddenly, I realized that the eyepiece was missing,
>and that without it I couldn't shoot looking through the finder.
>It took me a half day to find the Leica distributors at Buenos Aires. They
>seemed not to have sold a Leica in years, they didn't have the piece, nor
>any other piece of any kind. Big mess. Fortunately this happened at the end
>of my stay in Argentina.=20
>I am back in Madrid, SPAIN, and I=B4ve seen that some shops sell the
>eyepieces for correcting defectuous eyesights (around 100 $) but for the
>original eyepiece, I have to go to the authorized repair-shop (they are
>also the distributors in Spain).=20
>Fortunately, I=B4ve been told, it won=B4t be as expensive as the correction
>ones.=20
>
>So, in conclusion: If you unscrew it or change it for another one, screw it
>really hard.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>				Nico.
>
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