Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Were you using the older M6 or the TTL version with the digital metering circuitry? Dan C. At 12:41 AM 01-08-99 +0200, you wrote: >I forgot who it was that recommended changing batteries in the M6 every >6 months or every year, depending on the volume of shooting, but he has >the right idea. I just finished looking at some slides, with the first >10-12 images on the roll overexposed. I wondered why this was until I >remembered that the exposure indicators had started dimming when I was >shooting this roll and finally stopped functioning about mid-way through >the roll. I changed the batteries at that point, and sure enough--the >rest of the film is perfectly exposed. The moral is to either change >batteries at periodic intervals or at least do it as soon as you notice >ANY dimming of the two red triangles. Trying to squeeze a few more >exposures out of the batteries is waste of film and more importantly, >picture-taking opportunities. > >Nathan > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Overijse, Belgium > >General photo site: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/ >Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ >Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > > > >