Re: [Leica] hey Jim, what do you think of M6 meter?

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

John Hudson wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Javier <japho@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 9:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] hey Jim, what do you think of M6 meter?
> 
> >I've never tried doing this on my M6 but there is no point to
> >having a meter lock since it is a manual camera
> >
> >John Hudson wrote:
> >
> I thought that the M6 was electronic. The M3 is mechanical.
> 
> jh
><snip>
The battery in the M6 just runs the meter and that meter is fully
manual. You have to light up those 2 Led's yourself by turning the
fstops or shutter speed dials. Other cameras are auto in the sense that
in effect those 2 led's are already lit up for you.  
The battery also might run the shutter, hot a swiss clock like
mechanical mechanism. Not a radiolilke or computerlike circuit board.
And they have to leave room for the micro-ramp for the micro-squirrels
to run the micro-motor.
Mark Rabiner