Leica M6 Light Meter

[AaM6]

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Hi, 

Yesterday my Leica M6 light meter started to malfunction. Every time I wind the camera and gently push down my light meter comes on normally, but when I let go of the shutter button the light meter stays on. I will shoot the show and the light meter turns off. But again when I wind the film and gently push down the light meter stays on again. 
 

i should mention it stays on under exposed. 
 

any pointers to solve this? 

Edited July 6, 2023 by AaM6
Typo

[Warton]

isn't that normal?

Manual says so:

Pressing it lightly as far as the pressure

point activates exposure metering, as long as the

shutter is cocked. When the shutter release button

is released, the metering system and the display

in the viewfinder remain activated for around

14s longer

[Anbaric]

Does the meter stay on permanently until the shot is taken, or does it turn off automatically after a while (14s as above)? Do you have an M6 Classic, M6 TTL or the new M6 reissue? When you say it stays on under exposed, do you mean that only one arrow is lit? Can you get both arrow to light up as normal by adjusting shutter and aperture to the correct exposure?

[tom0511]

maybe you need a new battery? just an idea

[Warton]

1 hour ago, Anbaric said:

Does the meter stay on permanently until the shot is taken, or does it turn off automatically after a while (14s as above)? Do you have an M6 Classic, M6 TTL or the new M6 reissue? When you say it stays on under exposed, do you mean that only one arrow is lit? Can you get both arrow to light up as normal by adjusting shutter and aperture to the correct exposure?

I actually don't know. the verbiage above is the one I copied directly from the manual.

To be honest, I found German's English is hard to understand.

[Anbaric]

1 hour ago, Warton said:

I actually don't know. the verbiage above is the one I copied directly from the manual.

To be honest, I found German's English is hard to understand.

Sorry, my reply was meant for @AaM6 - are they seeing the normal behaviour you describe, or is the meter stuck on until the shutter fires?

Edited July 7, 2023 by Anbaric

[edstock]

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Just picked up my original M6. Cocked the shutter, pressed the shutter button down 1/2 way, and the meter activated. Pressed down all the way, shutter fires and the red triangles disappeared.  I then repeated the cocking to activate the meter, press down 1/2 way red triangles show. Removed my finger from the button and red triangles glowed for about 14 seconds. That's it, anything else is a malfunction.