Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Watch those batteries!
From: Lucien <lucien@ubi.edu>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 11:48:04 +0100

Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I forgot who it was that recommended changing batteries in the M6 every
> 6 months or every year, depending on the volume of shooting, but he has
> the right idea. I just finished looking at some slides, with the first
> 10-12 images on the roll overexposed. I wondered why this was until I
> remembered that the exposure indicators had started dimming when I was
> shooting this roll and finally stopped functioning about mid-way through
> the roll. I changed the batteries at that point, and sure enough--the
> rest of the film is perfectly exposed.

Nathan,

Was it a Lithium 3v battery ?

Lucien