Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i reported the "leica smack" a few months ago. the m6 in question has had dozens of rolls through it since then without incident. - -rei > From: "geebeespaw" <geebeespaw@btopenworld.com> > > Reading Teds' account of a days shoot in an operating room I was > amused by the way that in the middle of a very serious, moving and intensely > interesting piece he used the term 'crapped out' to describe battery > failure. > Whilst out today I was taking a few shots and the lights in the > viewer just went right off. No fade, no funny readings, no flashing, no > nothing. I thought to myself 'see what you mean Ted, crapped out indeed'. > No problem, I'm LUG trained so I replace the batteries with the > spare set I carry. Still 'crapped out'. At this point I entertained some > negative thoughts about Leica in general and the M6 in particular. I > considered suicide for a brief moment but decided it was an over re-action > and that I would have to resign myself to shipping the camera off for repair > with the hope that it would be returned to me before I die. > Then a thought occurs, didn't I read on the LUG that this fault can > be remedied by a sharp blow on the baseplate? If it is a remedy dare I do > it? I should say at this point that I am towards 'the lint free gloves' end > of the Leica owners spectrum and the very thought of striking a Leica was > putting me in danger of, pardon the indelicacy, crapping out in a much more > spectacular fashion than any battery of Ted's could achieve. > I decided to go for it. Holding the M6 firmly in my left hand I > struck it with the heel of my right hand but it was a very tentative strike > and had there been a fly on the baseplate it would probably have escaped > with superficial bruising. I checked the meter. No lights. I hit it again, > harder, too hard? Apparently not because (roll on the drums) it worked! > To double check I switched back to the original batteries. Still > working. It's a measure of how much I love this camera that I am prepared to > put up with this sort of thing, hitting a precision instrument, in the > manner of Pa Kettle hitting a old Bakelite radio, to make it work. I pity > any Leica owner who does not have access to this wonderful forum and the > nuggets of information contained therein. Viva LUG! > > > Graham > http://geebeephoto.com - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html