Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian: If it's glossy then one of those little bottles, (with a brush) of black auto touch-up paint has worked well for me on my Nikons. It dries exceptionally fast so you have to be careful to work fast enough to not leave brush marks. Just brush it on and don't work it too long. Brian Reid wrote: > > The meter on my M6 stopped working (it said the image was always underexposed). > I just assumed that this was a dead battery and replaced the battery. Same thing. > I suppose of course that the replacement battery could be bad, too (it came from > Radio Shack and I bought it at least a year ago). Is this failure mode of the > metering system something that happens? > > Also: how on earth am I supposed to get the battery cover off without scratching it? > I finally used some Silly Putty to get a grip on it, but I didn't think of that > until I'd tried several other techniques, none of which worked. > > And what's the best way to touch up scratches in that paint? Ordinary black > spraypaint? $200/bottle Leica-branded spraypaint? Black nail polish? > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Best Regards, Jim Hemenway You only live once, and usually not even then - Michael O'Donoghue http://www.hemenway.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html