Re: [Leica] Fine tuning an M6

[Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>]

Graham did write:

>>>         Then a thought occurs, didn't I read on the LUG that this fault
can
> be remedied by a sharp blow on the baseplate? If it is a remedy dare I do
> it? I should say at this point that I am towards 'the lint free gloves'
end
> of the Leica owners spectrum and the very thought of striking a Leica was
> putting me in danger of, pardon the indelicacy, crapping out in a much
more
> spectacular fashion than any battery of Ted's could achieve.
>         I decided to go for it. Holding the M6 firmly in my left hand I
> struck it with the heel of my right hand but it was a very tentative
strike
> and had there been a fly on the baseplate it would probably have escaped
> with superficial bruising. I checked the meter. No lights. I hit it again,
> harder, too hard? Apparently not because (roll on the drums) it worked!
>         To double check I switched back to the original batteries. Still
> working. It's a measure of how much I love this camera that I am prepared
to
> put up with this sort of thing, hitting a precision instrument, in the
> manner of Pa Kettle hitting a old Bakelite radio, to make it work. I pity
> any Leica owner who does not have access to this wonderful forum and the
> nuggets of information contained therein. Viva LUG!<<<<

Well done Graham,

Every once in a while a precision machine needs a damn good whack ! That's
what me mother would say as she'd cuff me a good one on the side of the head
for being some kind of smart ass and not behaving as I should! ;-)

ted


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