Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Andras, The CLE has some kind of weakness in one of the boards associated with the = exposure meter. Mine required very NEW batteries to work and I was = changing them more and more often. I believe small cracks develop in one = of the circuit boards, and then the camera cannot be repaired. Funny = though, even when the LEDS did not light up properly, the camera still = seemed to work on Auto OK. This was on top of the increasing "bubble" = separation on the 28mm lens, and the failure of the (fantastic) flash 6 = years or so ago. Minolta would not consider fixing the flash even then, so = as the poor electronic heart began to have too much atheroscerotic cracks = in its board, I flogged it off. Got more for it than I paid, so I was not = too unhappy, but I sure do miss that camera, it introduced me back to = rangefinders and quality optics :-( Alastair.