Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like you have a short some place in the unit. Are the contacts in the bat. compartment clean? What is the age of the unit? Have you dropped or banged it (by accident of course)? Where they the correct batteries? Cheers Wilber TDSatty@aol.com wrote: > <<<<<Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:44:38 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mark Cohen <markc@necronomicon.net> > Subject: [Leica] M6 TTL Battery Problem > > Hi, > > I have an M6 TTL that I keep in the off position. Just tonight (after > replacing the batteries on saturday) I had to replace the batteries again. > Has anyone else had this problem? > > - -Mark>>>>> > > I bought a new M6 TTL in early June, and am on the 4th set of batteries. > Ocassionally, I forget to turn it off, but I can't believe that could explain > it. Maybe it is from the shutter release being pressed down in the bag. i > noticed that the button extends a few mm's above the level of the top plate > and ot shoe, so it can easily be depressed in the bag. I got out my ohm > meter, and measuring across the + & - terminals of the battery compartment > (with no battery in place) measure infinite resistance when switched off, and > around 13 or 15 megohms resistance when not on "off" but the button not > depressed. does anyone know whether this is normal? Is this true for M6 > classics? I hate to have to send it in for service during the summer months! > > Tom Schofield > > - ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Mark Cohen > 226 San Carlos Street #1 "MIS people have sick, twisted > San Francisco, CA 94110 little minds" -Linus Torvalds > > (415) 970-9421