Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 TTL dial issue
From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 17:19:45 +0200
References: <3B7C7E52.A9241123@theblueplanet.org> <3B7D234E.9F7368EC@istate.net>

My most recent body was a "floor model," and it seems to be okay thus far,
although I tend to adopt your viewpoint, anyway.  You just never know where the
camera has been.  The dealer told me that this camera had never been outside a
window display (i.e., it wasn't a show demonstrator or anything), so I figured
it would be clean, and it seems to be.  Had it been an actual demonstrator,
though, I probably would have passed, as I know how badly people treat stuff
that they haven't paid for, as you observe.

I learned very young that when you share your toys, they come back to you
broken.  That's why I don't let anyone use my cameras, and that's why I don't
like to buy anything even slightly used.  People only take care of things when
they've paid money for them.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Satterfield" <cwsat@istate.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 15:59
Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 TTL dial issue


>
> This is why I do not buy floor models. People drop them, open the door
> to far etc. have no concern for the camera since it is not theirs. I
> know a lot of you LUG members will not agree and have had great success
> in the past but to each his own. It is the same as buying a new shirt
> that has been returned and refolded- it is not the same.
>
> Charles Mégnin wrote:
>
> > I just bought a floor model M6 TTL and the dial indicating
> > the number of exposures is stuck on exposure 4 (it takes
> > it 6 or 7 pictures to get there, and then is stays there). The
> > odd thing is this doesn't happen when there is no film in
> > the camera (the indicator works fine then).
> > Anyone experienced that before ?
> > Thanks
> > Charles
>

In reply to: Message from Charles Mégnin <charly@theblueplanet.org> ([Leica] M6 TTL dial issue)
Message from Bill Satterfield <cwsat@istate.net> (Re: [Leica] M6 TTL dial issue)