Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M6 metering question
From: ternahan <ternahan@sonic.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:50:27 -0700

I had the same problem with the slotted cover on my Contax G-1....

> From: "Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:37:17 -0500
> To: "'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'"<leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: M6 metering question
> 
> Jim,
> 
> That sounds like a great idea. One time I had to go to a jeweler to remove
> the battery cover from my M6. They couldn't even do it with their special
> tools. I finally got it off myself, but I scratched it up badly. During a
> Leica field day the rep from NJ saw it. She said she'd send me another. I
> didn't expect she'd follow through, but she did. two weeks later a new one
> arrived. That made me even more committed to Leica, if that were possible.
> 
> I still used the old cover for a while. However, I was afraid to tighten it
> down too tightly. As luck would have it, it worked loose and eventually fell
> out so I lost it. Now I'm using the new one. I'm afraid to tighten it down
> too tightly or to leave it too loose. I chose loose and check it regularly.
> This all happened several years ago and the cover has worked loose a few
> times, but I've always noticed it. A slotted cover would solve all my
> problems. 
> 
> I have a second M6. I've never had a problem with the cover being too
> difficult to remove or working it's way loose on that one. Seems to only be
> an issue with one.
> 
> Dave 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Brick [mailto:jim@brick.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 8:08 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Re: M6 metering question
> 
> 
> 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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