My RF journey started a week ago when I received my first M6. During onsite test with a Lux 35, it showed it's metering (arrows). Now, with my own Cron 50, even when wound, it has intermitten metering at all dials. Most of the time when it works, it works at 1/4 shutter only.
I swopped batteries with fresh ones, tried all apertures n shutters, but it does not work.
Do I have a faulty metering system in my M6? Or am I just missing something?
any updates on this? not sure if this might be it, but i suspect it could be given i) it was working just yesterday (so to speak, with t he 35lux), and ii) it works fine at 1/4sec.
just hear me out. iirc, the older M6 had this "problem", in quotes because i wasn't really anything faulty as it was by design. okay, we know that the meter doesn't come on if,
a) you don't wind the advancing lever;
b) your speed dial is at B mode;
c) you don't half-press...
and when you do half-press, the LED in the viewfinder is suppose to come on with > o < just for a couple of seconds, indicating under / over / correct exposure (not nec in that sequence).
given the above, the older M6 will not have any LED exposure indicators if you are too far out of exposure range. so, if you were in a dim place, your meter might not "activate" although, it could still be working.
in a decently bright place (e.g office), set your shutter speed to 1/30, cron at f/2 and dial your iso upwards from 100 toward 6400. half-pressing at each iso stop (200, 400, 800, etc) to see if the LEDs come on - the LED lights should come up already at iso200-400 in most office lighting environments.
this came into mind, when i read that it worked at 1/4sec. which would have meant that your lighting might just have been too dim when you tested at with your cron.
if it still doesn't come on, as expected, then you might have a problem with your meter / trigger pin / circuit board... but try it out first.
. I told him that I will try and live with my issues until I get back from my trip to Japan and then send it in to them.
