Automatic Battery Check - Leica MP Instructions Manual

2. Remove any residual oxidation from the bat-
tery/ies with a clean cloth and
3. Insert the battery/ies into the holder on the
cover with the positive pole pointing upwards
(as indicated).
4. Then screw the cover with the inserted batter-
ies back into the camera clockwise.
5. To remove the batteries, follow these instruc-
tions in reverse order.
At room temperature and with a metering time of
14 s per exposure, a new set of batteries will last
for approximately 100 36 - exposure films, i.e.
around 3 600 exposures (according to Leica
testing standards).
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Automatic battery check

If the battery-shaped LED lights up in addition to
the light balance LEDs (A), the batteries will soon
need to be replaced. However, accurate expo-
sure metering is still possible at that point.
If the batteries are too weak to guarantee the
camera's electronic exposure metering function,
the battery-shaped LED only lights up while the
shutter release is pressed down to the pressure
point, or the displays disappear altogether.
In such cases, you can continue taking photo-
graphs with exposure settings based on an
estimate or using an external manual exposure
meter.
Note:
Oxidation of the battery surfaces can break the
circuit and extinguish the LEDs. In this case,
remove the batteries and clean them with a
clean cloth. If necessary, also clean the camera's
internal contacts.