Re: [Leica] Re: M6 TTL Questions

[Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>]

Greg,

I usually (but not always) carry a small Sekonic 208 meter. As for batteries,
Tom's Rapidgrip has a compartment for spares, and so I am never without one. I
will closely monitor my M6 TTL's usage and decide based on that whether I need
to modify my non-TTL habits.

Nathan

Gregory Rubenstein wrote:

> Nathan:
>
> My experience with the M6 TTL shows that it's a battery hog. I've used a
> single three-volt and two 1.5-volt batteries only to learn the life-span is
> about the same, regardless of whether they were lithium, Duracell, Varta,
> etc. In the cold -- plenty of that here in Chicago -- the life span dips
> even more.
>
> Anyway, plenty of good advice already about settings and measurement and
> always carry spares.
>
> I also always carry a separate light meter. Especially useful when flash
> ain't a factor and the spare batteries I meant to buy or put in my bag are
> elsewhere.
>
> I'll apologize here and publicly if you're already carrying that separate
> meter (and I imagine most of this list does), but more people ask me about
> "that" [my light meter] when I'm poking around than about my cameras. That
> raises an entirely different thread of conversation and comment about the
> current state of photographic affairs.
>
> FYI -- Batteries in the non-TTL M6 seem to go on and on and on. I replace
> them annually to be safe, more often if they've been out a lot in the cold.
>
> Hope this is of some use. Contact me on- or off-list if you think of
> something I've missed.
>
> Greg Rubenstein
> gcr910@msn.com
>
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