Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Battery Life
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:40:07 -0600

It is fairly easy to check for a battery draw when the camera is supposed to
be off. Lay the camera down on its back, remove the battery compartment
"lid" and use a ammeter to complete the circuit. You can tell right away if
it is still drawing current. If it is, then it is repair time! Possibly your
distributor would repair it under warranty as it is so close to the end of
the warranty period.

John Collier

> From: "Richard E. Baznik" <reb10@po.cwru.edu>
> 
> My M6 Classic (precisely three years and two months old, of course!) has
> gone through two sets of batteries in the past three weeks. During that
> time I've run perhaps eight rolls through the camera, and have always
> returned the shutter dial to "B" when storing the camera. Prior to that,
> battery life was averaging eight months. Advice appreciated. Thanks.///Dick
> Baznik
> 
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