Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I don't condemn the M6 at all. I love mine. And I hope we're not getting >carried away with cataloging our woes. I've had them with other cameras >too. I bought a Nikon N90s last year. It seized up half a dozen frames >into the first test roll and was deader than a doornail. My dealer >quickly replaced it with another one for me, and it's given me little >trouble. > >Someone else on the list correctly noted that electronics are prone to >fail, if they are going to, right off the bat. The Nikon list has been >buzzing for weeks with stories of high battery consumption on the new F5. >But experts poo-poo much of that talk as exaggerated. > >I have been told that the early M6 did have some electronics troubles, >however. Is that so, Marc? A friend of mine recently had to have the >electronics replaced on an early M6 he just picked up at a show. (The >dealer split the cost with him.) My M6 was more recent vintage. > I bought an early M6 and had to have the electronics replaced which Leica did under warranty. Another interesting thingg about that camera is that when the DR Summicron was on it the rear of the lens would hit the photo diode that read the light off the shutter curtain. Leica milled it down so the lens would work properly at no charge. After the electronics were replaced later they also replaced the diode with a slightly smaller version. Bill Grimwood