Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon, I know this sounds stupid...but I have noticed that sometimes the battery cover on my M6s works its way loose after a long flight or car trip, presumably due to the vibration. When this happens, the metering indicators are flaky in the way you describe. I have gotten into the habit of checking that the battery cover is nice and tight every time I take the camera out of the bag. Nathan Simon Pulman-Jones wrote: > With impeccable timing my less than one year old M6HM has chosen the moment > we arrive in Provence in the south of France on holiday to go all > temperamental and unreliable. The electrics are working intermittently - > sometimes the LEDs light when the shutter release is touched, sometimes they > don't. And when they do light, they sometimes stay on for the usual period, > and sometimes for only a couple of seconds. I've changed the batteries, so > that's not the problem. > > I imagine that this is a well-known M6 problem - can anybody enlighten me? > I'm sure the only answer is a trip to Leica when I'm back in London, but > just in case - does anybody know of a simple do it yourself solution to this > glitch? > > It's not the end of the world because I've got an M2 with me as well and am > hand-held metering anyway. I'm just interested to know why my German > high-precision instrument has decided to go all hot-headed and unreliable. > > Otherwise, it's just another day in paradise down here, in a villa we found > for rent at the last moment and at a knockdown price. Though clean and well > tended it has the feeling that nobody has been here since it's heyday in the > early 1970's, when it must have been the last word in glamour. It's a huge > place, with the most extravagant 1970's decor - you half-expect to find Abba > having a party round the next corner, or for Tony Curtis and Roger Moore to > come crunching up the gravel driveway for an episode of the Persuaders. > > So the dodgy M6 is nothing to cry over - I'd just be interested to know what > the story is. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman