Torontoamateur Posted March 18, 2010 Share #1 Posted March 18, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just bought an M6 , I opened the package, put in the right new batteries, added film advanced to 2, and the meter does not work.I was told the meter was perfect, the camera is Mint, except the meter is not working. No corrosion on the battery compartment. Is there an initiation process for the meter? I have the instruction book and I did just what Leica says to do. I have used friend's M6's and know what to expect. I have my own M4-P. I am not incompetent. Any suggestions beyond send it back? I have advanced it several times and checked the ASA settings and that the film is advancing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andybarton Posted March 18, 2010 Share #2 Posted March 18, 2010 Are the batteries in the correct way round? Easily done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el.nino Posted March 19, 2010 Share #3 Posted March 19, 2010 did you advance again and is the camera not set on bulb? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontoamateur Posted March 19, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted March 19, 2010 Batteries are in right. I even tested the voltage. Shutter speed used are 60th up to 1000th. I took the batteries out put them in another camera and that other camera's meter worked fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted March 19, 2010 Share #5 Posted March 19, 2010 Hi sweep the speed dial through all settings, and put it back to correct, wiggle it a bit wipe the gold contacts on the back and the camera with well laundered hankychef or tissue wipe the batteries similarly, and the camera contacts set the shutter to B and back to 1/!25. wind on and look for lights on 1st shutter pressure, they should be easy to see unless the batteries are on last legs, they wont come on if the camera is not cocked, remove the lens cap as well. Complain if it does not work. Noel P.S. google for instructions/user manual, the spot on the shutter blind means you have to be careful if doing critical work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted March 19, 2010 Share #6 Posted March 19, 2010 The meter appears not to be working when the exposure is more than a few f-stops off. Hence, turning the speed dial all the way from max to min while looking through the finder ought to take care of that idiosyncrasy. Take the lens cap off before, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted March 19, 2010 Share #7 Posted March 19, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) The meter appears not to be working when the exposure is more than a few f-stops off. Hence, turning the speed dial all the way from max to min while looking through the finder ought to take care of that idiosyncrasy. Take the lens cap off before, though. Hi Think mine flashes with the lens cap on other wise there is always one LED on, but in dim light it takes time, few seconds, for it to appear.. Not all the circuits are the same. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted March 19, 2010 Share #8 Posted March 19, 2010 Hi Think mine flashes with the lens cap on other wise there is always one LED on, but in dim light it takes time, few seconds, for it to appear.. Not all the circuits are the same. Noel Yours wouldn't be an M6 TTL by any chance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted March 19, 2010 Share #9 Posted March 19, 2010 Yours wouldn't be an M6 TTL by any chance? Hi No very late M6 classic, cannot check as I'm away from home. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebidwell Posted March 23, 2010 Share #10 Posted March 23, 2010 Hi sweep the speed dial through all settings, and put it back to correct, wiggle it a bit wipe the gold contacts on the back and the camera with well laundered hankychef or tissue wipe the batteries similarly, and the camera contacts set the shutter to B and back to 1/!25. wind on and look for lights on 1st shutter pressure, they should be easy to see unless the batteries are on last legs, they wont come on if the camera is not cocked, remove the lens cap as well. Complain if it does not work. Noel P.S. google for instructions/user manual, the spot on the shutter blind means you have to be careful if doing critical work I found your PS comment quite intriguing because perhaps showing my ignorance I really couldn't quite understand what you meant . I was under the impression that the white spot on the shutter blind was to reflect light onto a photo diode to obtain an exposure reading via the triangular red lights. Have I missed something ??? Best wishes Mike Bidwell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted March 23, 2010 Share #11 Posted March 23, 2010 I found your PS comment quite intriguing because perhaps showing my ignorance I really couldn't quite understand what you meant . I was under the impression that the white spot on the shutter blind was to reflect light onto a photo diode to obtain an exposure reading via the triangular red lights. Have I missed something ??? Best wishes Mike Bidwell Hi Mike I'm sorry if I confused. The white spot does reflect light onto a photo diode...red lights. The instruction manual describes in simple terms over several pages what the capabilities and limitations of the system are. The system is a semi spot meter and you have to understand that, in addition the capability in very low light means you need to real the manual... If you are using transparency film you need to be aware of all of this, If you are doing C41 color and are going to have multi shot spreads maybe. If you shoot monochrome and are using sunny side f/16 then you probably don't need to, instead omit the battery so you dont need to ignore the red lights.. Noel Leica Bruger Forum: Leica M6 Classic Manual - Free download. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted March 23, 2010 Share #12 Posted March 23, 2010 I would also like to remind you of the following: - the shutter must be cocked - in order to start metering, you press the release down for but a short distance - the meter will turn itself off after about 12 seconds - the time must be set to any time but "B" - depending on the electronics in your camera, the LEDs may not light up if the exposure is off by too large an amount Apologies if you already knew all this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xmas Posted March 23, 2010 Share #13 Posted March 23, 2010 I would also like to remind you of the following: - the shutter must be cocked - in order to start metering, you press the release down for but a short distance - the meter will turn itself off after about 12 seconds - the time must be set to any time but "B" - depending on the electronics in your camera, the LEDs may not light up if the exposure is off by too large an amount Apologies if you already knew all this. Hi Note the manual linked to above is for a late camera, similar to mine, yours as pop seems to suggest may be different. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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