Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/26

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M6 metering question
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:07:58 -0700

Leica sells an M6 battery cover with a coin slot on the front. I have them 
on my M6's. They sure make loosening and tightening the cover a piece of 
cake. And with no damage.

Call Leica parts. They have them in stock.

Jim


At 06:08 PM 9/26/2001 -0700, you 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?
>
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