RE: [Leica] problems with a new M6 TTL

["Carleton, Sam" <Sam.Carleton@FMR.COM>]

I had checked to make sure I was at a real shutter speed, I was at a 30th of
a second.  The thing I find strange is how the light meter was not working,
then all of a sudden it started working.  I put on the flash and the light
meter stopped working.

Now that I think about it, the first time I used a flash I had some miss
fires, also.  But what I noticed was that I was at a shutter speed of 125th.
I just figured that the camera did not fire the flash when above the flash
sync shutter speed.  Is this impression correct?

Sam

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	John Collier [SMTP:jbcollier@powersurfr.com]
	Sent:	Friday, June 01, 2001 3:42 PM
	To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; Carleton, Sam
	Subject:	Re: [Leica] problems with a new M6 TTL

	Check your batteries first. Perhaps you forgot to switch it to
"off". The
	flash is electronically controlled at the hotshoe and the pc
terminal; no
	battery, no flash.

	John Collier

	> From: "Carleton, Sam" <Sam.Carleton@FMR.COM>
	> 
	> Well, I have had my M6 TTL .58 for coming up on four weeks now.
Today
	> something very strange was happening.  When I pulled the camera
out to
	> shoot, the light meter was not working.  I have been leaving the
camera in
	> the OFF position when it is in my bag.  After about twenty images
the light
	> meter started to work again.  Then I put the flash on and the
light meter
	> stopped working again.
	> 
	> It is my understanding that the TTL does not work when the camera
has no
	> batteries, but I thought that the camera would still sync the
flash.  When
	> the light meter was not working, the flash simply would not fire.
I am
	> using a Metz 32Z-2.
	> 
	> Has anyone seen this before?  Is there something I am doing wrong
or does
	> the camera need to go back to Leica and get looked at?
	>