Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 8 May 2002 15:50:28 -0400, "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <gilplant@hvc.rr.com> wrote: >Read the manual, p. 67! That's not a "6" it's a "b" as in BATTERY >CHECK." Your batteries are about shot, cough up for some new ones, or >shoot at 1/60 - 1/125. The earlier post about the shutter locking up was >also NOT A GLITCH. When the camera is set to auto and the meter sees no >light, such as when winding on the first two frames, the shutter stays >open for the full 32-second maximum, and the previous poster lacked >either the nerve or the understanding to simply turn the shutter dial, >which then trips the shutter. > >Why can't people KISS and stop picking on this wonderful new Leica? > >Gilbert Yup, it turn out to be a case of RTFM (Manual? We don't need no steenkin' manuals...) I emailed Keith Matson at Lisle-Kelco who returned a long, thorough and helpful response. It turns out that the batteries the camera ships with should probably be discarded immediately upon purchase. Mine were in fact replaced with store-fresh lithiums when I bought the thing, but Keith recommends putting in silver-oxides instead. Winkling four MS76's in and out of that battery compartment might be interesting, though. It'll be even more like loading a pump Remington. As far as the camera goes, I couldn't be happier. No picking on the M7 here - as far as I'm concerned it's the best upgrade they've done since the introduction of the M6. It's so good, it's almost a Hexar-killer ;-) Paul - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html