Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]TTL must stand for Tote Those Lithiums! Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. > It seems that Leica, at last, has gotten the battery drain problem solved. > Rumour has it that it was a flawed chip that caused the problem. Not a > "faulty" chip, just one that had a design problem built in. At the moment I > have 2 TTL's and (1 is a 247x xxx, and it seems to hold the charge fine now). > The other one is a Millenium version and it would drain the battery in 3-4 > days. I took it along to Solms in early March and it went for a brief "visit" > to the repair department. It was gone for an hour and once it came back it > has not drained the battery. Leica claims there was nothing wrong with it, > but just in case, they gave me a couple of extra batteries! As a comparison, > my Bessa-R has the original batteries in it 4 months later and at least a > couple of 100 rolls of film later. Well, using the TTL also means carrying > spare batteries! > Tom A >