Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGs, When I bought my M6, I was told that it would not work with the DR Summicron, because of some interference problem. I find this not to be the case. The number of my camera is 19... I have an early DR Summicron, 157... I was also told that there were problems with the early light meter circuits. I did not know that Leica would cure them at no charge. Best of Light, Chris At 09:05 AM 1/11/97 -0600, you wrote: > >>I don't condemn the M6 at all. I love mine. And I hope we're not getting >>carried away with cataloging our woes. I've had them with other cameras >>too. I bought a Nikon N90s last year. It seized up half a dozen frames >>into the first test roll and was deader than a doornail. My dealer >>quickly replaced it with another one for me, and it's given me little >>trouble. >> >>Someone else on the list correctly noted that electronics are prone to >>fail, if they are going to, right off the bat. The Nikon list has been >>buzzing for weeks with stories of high battery consumption on the new F5. >>But experts poo-poo much of that talk as exaggerated. >> >>I have been told that the early M6 did have some electronics troubles, >>however. Is that so, Marc? A friend of mine recently had to have the >>electronics replaced on an early M6 he just picked up at a show. (The >>dealer split the cost with him.) My M6 was more recent vintage. >> > I bought an early M6 and had to have the electronics replaced which Leica >did under warranty. Another interesting thingg about that camera is that >when the DR Summicron was on it the rear of the lens would hit the photo >diode that read the light off the shutter curtain. Leica milled it down so >the lens would work properly at no charge. After the electronics were >replaced later they also replaced the diode with a slightly smaller version. > >Bill Grimwood > > >