Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here is a post from the archives by Tom A. on this issue: - ----------------------------- From: TTAbrahams@aol.com Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 13:21:48 EST To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Battery for M6 (long, and maybe useless!) Tom. Your TTL could have a problem with the circuit for checking the chip in the camera. Unscrew your battery cover and take out the batteries. At the bottom of the 'well" you will see a spiral shaped silvery spring and also two small "silver" dots. Using a pencil, lightly slide the point over the two dots, if you can feel them protruding above the bottom of the battery well just push them down below the bottom level. Dont push too hard, just enough to get them below the level. The dots are parts of the 'check" circuit for the cameras metering system. If they protrude above the bottom they drain the batteries rather quickly. On my M6TTL I used to go through a set every 2-3 weeks and after the 'adjustment" they last for month. You can also stick a piece of thin, electricians tape over the two dots to ensure that they stay 'down" in high vibration environment ( choppers, airplanes, motorcycles etc). Tom A - ----------------------------- > From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 10:59:20 -0700 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] m6 classic vs ttl > >> I don't care what anyone says - the TTL sucks batteries dry the same way >> Dracula sucks the blood out of nubile young blonds....and it doesn't seem to >> matter what you do with it..... > > anti- and/or non-ttl luggers, > > i've never had the above problem with my ttl m6. while i generally turn the > shutter speed dial to 'off' before putting the camera away (in a domke > satchel), i have on occasion forgotten to do so and the battery has not > been drained or sucked dry, as implied in the above fang-in-cheek comment. > > guy