Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 battery
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 08:29:16 -0400

But why release the shutter AND set the shutter dial to "B"?  Is there
something I don't know about the "B" setting that has nothing to do with
battery life?  By the way, I never keep my camera set to B, and I end up
replacing my batteries every two years whether they need it or not.

Dan C.

At 07:46 AM 13-05-99 -0500, MK wrote:
>
>Good Morning Friends,
>
>Last fall when i was visiting Leica NJ, I pulled my M6 out of the camera 
>bag 
>with the shutter cocked and dial not on "B."  Neils Thorsen and Bill, one 
>of
>the repair people looked at me as though I'd committed a crime, and 
>advised me
>always to put the camera in the Bag on "B" and to release the shutter.   
>Since
>I've been doing this my batteries last longer.