Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, Sounds like the camera sat around under unfavorable conditions for a while. Check the contacts on the inside of the back door. At 12:35 PM 1/9/2009, you wrote: >I'm new to the list. I've been using my m3 for some years and I recently >bought a (1984 vintage) M6 classic (non-TTL). It clearly hadn't been used >much since it looked brand new but had some corrosion in the >battery compartment cover. Understandably the meter has been flakey. >Sometimes would work and sometimes not. I cleaned up the cover a little >more vigorously and now I have a situation when there is no film in the >camera, the meter works fine. When I put film in the camera, no lights (or >will occasionally work). I've gone back and forth between film, not film >about 4 times now and this has been consistent. This baffles me. On >another note has anyone in the list had positive experiences with Leica >repair people in the Chicago area? > >-- >Thanks, >Tom Irving >Professor of Biology and Physics, >Director Biophysics Collaborative Access Team (BioCAT) >Director Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation >(CSRRI) Dept. BCPS, Illinois Institute of Technology >3101 S. Dearborn, Chicago IL. 60616, USA >(312) 567-3489 FAX: (312)567-3494 >email:irving@iit.edu > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049 "I am the radiation"