Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] My M is drinking batterys
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@primus.com.au>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:24:43 +1000

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

> >Not dumb. What's dumb is a hair-trigger activation of the meter by
> >the shutter button. These electronic gizmos. Sheesh! My classic M6
> >is worse, I have to set the shutter to B. Bring back the M4! A
> >separate light meter is not that much trouble, and incident readings
> >are often easier to use than the M6's big spot.
>
> Um, you could just leave the batteries out ... ?
>
> Godfrey

Godfrey, I thought the same thing, when i owed a M6, but, you can't fit a
clip on meter (MR) to it. The shutter speed dial  hasn't got a slot in
it. Also on the latest M6es , the shutter speed dial goes the other way
around.

Regards Horst Schmidt