Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Meter Problems
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 23:07:57 -0500

At 09:14 PM 11-03-98 -0500, you wrote:
>This could also have been a bad battery caused by leaving the shutter speed
>dial in other than B with something have partially pressed down on the dial
>while in your camera bag to cause a drain on the battery. The symptoms this
>event exhibits are essentially the same as you describe. It is easy to have
>happen as this is a common storage problem and one wouldn't expect the
>battery to be mostly dead after just 10-rolls of film. Their explanation
>might just be a face-saving measure and their way of saying, "the battery
>was dead, we replaced it." Just a thought.
>
That could happen only if you leave the camera with the shutter cocked.
And if something is pressing down on the shutter release in the camera bag
with the shutter cocked, there's a good chance you will end up with a
picture of the inside of your camera bag.  ;-)

Dan C.