Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] WAS: Re: LUG: Your Softie NOW: M6 battery drain.
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 16:46:48 -0700
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Eric wrote:
>>> That's what I do.  My M6TTL was eating batteries like crazy.  I didn't
> change how I was storing it, just made sure that before going in the bag,
I
> left it uncocked.  If that meant I needed to expose a frame, so be it.<<<

Hi Eric,
The other thing you can do without possibly loosing a frame, is turn the
shutter speed dial to "B" and it works as an off switch on the M6. As I'm
putting mine back in the bag it's automatic they are set to "B."
ted

Ted Grant Photography Limited
www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
Replies: Reply from "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com> ([Leica] Re: WAS: Re: LUG: Your Softie NOW: M6 battery drain.)
 In reply to: Message from "Chris Quinn" <cquinn@mail.sjcsf.edu> ([Leica] LUG: Your Softie)
Message from "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com> (Re: [Leica] LUG: Your Softie)
Message from "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com> ([Leica] Re: LUG: Your Softie)