Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] photographing journalists: genuine leica shots!
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:39:28 -0600

Cameras don't kill flashes. People do.

Seriously though, the M6 only has a simple mechanical switch inside (M6-TTL
a different electronic story) and would not cause any damage to a flash
other than not firing if the contacts were corroded.

> From: Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com>
>
> 
> obleicacontent: is my m6 frying flashes? i've had two small cheapo flashes
> croak after about 5 rolls each through my m6, that's not true, one of them
> probably saw 20 rolls before it croaked. symptoms of the flash: won't
> charge, suppose the capacitor burned out. do m6's do this? do i have to
> keep buying $20 flashes?
> 
>