Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> Hello Lug >> >> Hopefully someone can shed some light on minor but irritating problem I have >> with my M6 TTL metering lights. >> >> The metering works fine, but the lights in the finder (regardless of whether >> arrows or centre spot) come on only for the breifest time, probably less >>than a >> second. It's enough time to get a meter reading buy I could do with them >>staying >> illuminated for at bit longer. >> >> This never happened until today and other M6's I've used have the lights >>staying >> on for 10 seconds or so. >> >> Has anyone else come across this problem, and if so what caused it and >>do I need >> to take it back to Leica for repair ?? >> >> Just interested to see if it's a common problem really >> >> Sean sean, i had this problem last summer. i was in paris, shooting in botanical garden in the rain when the led's started going out after just a second or two. like you i was used to them staying on about 10 seconds, and didn't know what the problem was; i was afraid i'd damaged the camera by shooting in the rain. the next morning i called the maison du leica, described the problem and was told that it was time to change the battery. i went in, bought a new battery, put it in the camera, depressed the shutter release ... instead of staying on continuously, the lights were now blinking! surprised, i said: 'hey, the led's are now blinking!!!' the owner, with a disgruntled look on his face, responded: 'you've got the lens cap on!' embarrassed, i took it off, and the led's worked as before. haven't had a problem since. guy