Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/04
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Herb,
>>2. The "B" position and the "Off" position of the shutter control
have an identical effect.<<
In the "B" position, the TTL circuitry is still turned on - in the "Off"
position, it is not. An attached flash will fire when the camera is set to
"B", it won't when set to "Off."
Bryan
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Herbert & Lee Kanner" <kanner@acm.org>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 12:47 PM
Subject: [Leica] Re: M6 TTL questions
> Some of the answers to this question appear to be a bit imprecise.
> The facts that I have observed on my TTL are:
>
> 1. Unless the shutter has been cocked, the exposure meter cannot be
> activated and the battery will not drain.
>
> 2. The "B" position and the "Off" position of the shutter control
> have an identical effect.
>
> 3. The non-TTL M6 instructions clearly state that when the camera is
> put away, the shutter should be set to the "B" position to prevent
> accidental battery drain.
>
> 4. When I asked the representative during Leica Day at Keep-it and
> Shove-it why the redundant "Off" position when "B" does the same
> thing, he smirked and said "That's Leica."
>
> Herb
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 23:42:19 +0200
> >From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
> >Subject: [Leica] M6 TTL questions
> >Message-ID: <3B1AAF3B.F290B5DA@webshuttle.ch>
> >References:
> >
> >I just received my new M6 0.58 from Rich at Photo Village. Great deal,
> >great camera. The only thing is that in the instructions it says that
> >the shutter button has to be in the OFF position when putting the camera
> >in the bag or just not using it for longer periods, even if the shutter
> >has been released and the light meter is not active. Can this really be
> >true? What are other TTL owners' experiences?
> >
> >Nathan
> >
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> >
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> --
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner@acm.org
> 650-326-8204
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