Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25

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Subject: RE: [Leica] M6 TTL RF Misalignment
From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:50:26 -0800

>Dr. Joseph Yao wrote:
>Has anyone used a Metz 40 MZ-3 flash on the M6 TTL?  My recently
>acquired M6 TTL 0.85 had a perfect rangefinder until I mounted the Metz
>flash on it.  Now the rangefinder is vertically out of alignment in a
>significant way.  The camera has not been knocked or dropped.  I wonder
>if the 40 MZ-3 is too heavy for the M6?

If I could ask, are you also using the Leica module with it?  Is it a 40MZ-3
or 3i?  Reason I ask is that I had consistent problems with a 40MZ-3i (and
also a 40MZ-1i) with the leica modeul on the M6 TTL.  The Metz w/adpater
would work find on an R8 but poorly on the M6.  
Thank you.

Peter K