Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M6 Battery Cover
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:53:28 +0200

George,

I have a slotted battery cover on one of my M6s. I do not know whether it is
from a Leica R or whether it is made specifically for the M, but it works fine.
I had a friend in Germany buy it for me for 20 DM.

Nathan

George Huczek wrote:

> I had the same experience last weekend.  I just happened to notice that the
> battery cover had worked itself loose.  If I had not noticed it, there is a
> good chance that it would have fallen off and gotten lost.
>    Apart from tightening the cover, has anyone tried other ways of keeping
> the cover on?  I think J. Eastland recommended using a slotted battery
> cover (chrome finish) from an R camera.  Has anyone tried this?  How about
> using some black tape over the cover to keep it in place?  The M retro
> look!  It's hard to believe that one would have to resort to using this
> approach on a 7K camera/lens combo.

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Nathan Wajsman
Overijse, Belgium
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