Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/28

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Subject: [Leica] M7 battery cover
From: robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:59:03 -0600
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Do yourself a favor and call Dave Rockwell the parts manager at Leica NJ.
He knows almost everything there is to know about such matters. 201-995-0051

==On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Ken <kkanno at users.symmetric.net> wrote:

> The M7 doesn't have threads, or at least mine doesn't. It's the "new"
> version with the infared DX reader, if that matters.
>
> As for prying it off, I meant as it prying to turn the thing to open up.
> It only takes a quarter turn or less to open, but refuses to do so unless
> you get rough.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>
>  Ken,
>>
>> It is the same cover size and threads.  You should have been able to grab
>> it by the serrated edge and turned it off, rather than prying it off.  Now
>> you get to clean the threads before fitting the new one. ;)
>>
>> Gene
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken" <kkanno at users.symmetric.net>
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 11:03:16 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>> Subject: [Leica] M7 battery cover
>>
>> Any tips for removing the damn battery cover on these things?
>>
>> Considering how hard it is to remove them, I felt no shame in taking a
>> pocket knife and chipping a notch into the edge of the battery cover and
>> prying it off against the lense relase button.
>>
>> I see mentions of a slotted M6 battey cover that can be ordered from leica
>> directly. Does anybody know off hand if this is compatible with the M7?
>>
>> Also, I'd be be willing to buy a beater spare battery cover to try to
>> mill a slot into myself if anybody in the US has one.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com) ([Leica] M7 battery cover)
Message from kkanno at users.symmetric.net (Ken) ([Leica] M7 battery cover)