Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2000-09-16-13:41:26 John Collier: > The early TTLs really suck back the juice but my late TTL, 60+ rolls, is > still humming along on its original factory one. I never turn the camera off > unless it is going into the bag for a long trip. Yeah; the jury's still out on this one, but I have some anecdotal data. I bought an earlyish TTL/0.85 (S/N 2474734) and it ate the enclosed battery in the first TWO WEEKS. I fed it another one, and that lasted maybe two months. Then the camera went back to have its rangefinder adjusted; I whined about the battery problem as well in the cover letter. Leica NJ sat on the repair for almost exactly a whole year; BUT, I assume they had the best of intentions and were waiting for the engineers and production folk to get the circuitry more right, because they then sent me a brand new camera with a radically later serial number. I don't have it before me, but could it be as different as 28something? I can't comment on the new TTL/0.85's battery performance (still haven't used it as I should probably sell it -- the scheduled arrival of an LHSA 0.85 makes it now seem like near-criminal excess -- offers?), but my shiny LHSA TTL/0.72, in the 2548 range, is still on its first battery after a couple of months, so here's hoping...