Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Frame Counter
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:41:22 -0500

sounds as though you have the dreaded "bad M6 counter". If it is like mine
it will get worse. I now have the first 4 exposures taken before it reaches
1 on the counter. Not an uncommon problem.

kw

>Attention fellow M-6 owners.
>
>After resetting the frame counter (by opening the bottom) and firing
>three frames, does it read "1" or "0"?  Mine reads "0", but I swear that
>it used to reach "1" after loading film and firing three frames.  I also
>have a Contax S2b, which has a manual frame counter, and that reads "1"
>after three frames.  Is the counter on my M-6 misaligned, or did it
>always reach "0" after the third shot?
>
>Thanks.
>Bob


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