Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 5/4/97 8:06:27 AM, you wrote: >Harold wrote: > ><I was thinking of buying a second-hand or new M6. I have read somewhere ><that the electronics in some of the earlier M6's were a bit dodgy. Is >there ><any truth in this and, if so, does anybody know which serial numbers to ><avoid? If it's just idle rumour of course, it doesn't matter at all!!! > >It was true with the first serie of the Leitz Wetzlar period (around >1984-85). > >I had one totally reniew from the electronics point of view, for free, in= > >Solms in the late 80's, because it was a well known problem. (long after >the end of the warranty). It don't happen with all of them, but you bette= >r >buy a LEICA GMBH (88) or a LEICA CAMERA GMBH (89-96) M6. (Actually LEICA >CAMERA AG) > >Lucien >BELGIUM I have an "86 M6, & my meter is beginning to give me grief. It will work great & then will be off 3 stops for no apparent reason. Iv'e had it checked out & repaired a few times. I guess I did not send it out to the right eople? Regards Frederic