Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 11/6/00 3:01 am, John Collier at owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote: > Subject: [Leica] Adventures with a Fluke meter and a M6TTL, rated G Full marks for the definitive answer to the M6TTL battery discharge problem. I use a pre TTL M6 and never had a problem with batteries until I started using the camera loose in a camera bag. Of course I always leave the shutter cocked. This way I could consume one set of batteries a day. Solution. Don't cock the shutter when the camera can rest against anything that might activate the display. As a long time R4 but brand new R8 user does anyone have any opinions about how and when to switch the R8 off? Switching the meter off between shots seems obsessive but can you leave it on all day, or for a half-hour session of shooting, or what? I can't see any recommendations in the manual (which I thought was one of the worst German-English translations I've come across from Leica - I love the phrase 'normal photographic motive'.) - -- David Prakel dprakel@rochester.rr.com