Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 meter
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 09:21:18 -0600

Yes this normal. The later meter is also more sensitive. I believe they
added the blinking feature to alert you to the fact that either the light is
too low or that you had left the lens/hood cap on.

John Collier

> From: Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow <laintal@tin.it>
> 
> I have found with my two bodies that one
> ('98 vintage) has this problem: the meter stays on with blinking leds in
> low light, whereas the other ('88 vintage) doesn't: in very low light, like
> inside a bag or with the lenscap on, the meter simply switches itself off.
> This is very convenient. Seems like there are two versions of the
> electronics out there. Has anyone else noticed this?