what the **** is receiver?

[nyx]

Hello,
I sent my M6 to solms for some repairs and just got their estimate - mostly, everything is pretty clear but there is one line that confuses me.

• replace receiver

what is receiver (and what does it do)? It's listed in optional repairs and replacing it would significantly up the bill...

Thank you

 

[ath]

Might be the light sensitive cell for the exposure meter?
Just a guess.

 

[EmilGil]

Take-up spool?

(You never know with those Germans...)

 

[TimM]

Might be the light sensitive cell for the exposure meter?
Just a guess.

Sounds good to me!

 

[Ray Nalley]

It's the part of the camera the barrel attaches to and holds all the working parts. One of the reasons the Leica is so expensive is that it uses an unusual 35 cal. bullet rather than the more common .32 or .38.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Call and ask them?

 

[Prosaic]

I checked the M2 / M3 / M4 repair manual and there was no mention of a receiver. Since "receiver" alone could mean anything from film spool to lens bayonet to hot shoe its probably the safest to call them (or write a mail).

 

[historicist]

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that it is the light sensitive diode for the light metering.

It sounds like they took the name of the part in German and translated it directly into Engish, but technical terms are unfortunately all too often quite different in different languages and completely non-obvious even if you speak them well.

The only thing in a M6 that I can think of that would be Empfänger (Receiver in German) would be the diode - the lens mount is Bajonett, the film take up spool is Spule or Filmspule, hot shoe Blitzschuh, and I think there would have to be a terrible mistake to have these come out as receiver in English.

My German is terrible, so I could be completely wrong 😉

When I first moved here, with even worse German than I have now, I had a similar trouble trying to find out how to ask for push processing. Was it simply push in German? Of course even people who spoke perfect English and German had no idea because they didn't even no what it was. In the end I went to a pro lab because I thought at least they would be able to guess what I was asking for even if the word was wrong. I ended up paying nearly 30 euros for developing and printing 6" by 4" on a completely normal processing machine.

It turned out that the word for push developing in German is the English word 'Push'.

 

[ath]

The correct german term for "push processing" is "forcierte Entwicklung", but nobody uses it. Everybody just calls it push and pull.

 

[BNF]

My M6 has the optional Becker Mexico attached to the bottom plate, so while I cannot use the trigger advance, I do get Einslive and SWR3 crystal clear. Maybe it's that part?

(dry as the desert, sad attempt at "humour")

 

[historicist]

Thanks Andreas!

 

[dll927]

It would appear that the man from Indiana has the best response - call or email the outfit and ask them what a 'receiver' is. Other than Leica M6's, the word has a number of meanings in various situations and connotations.

If the camera were digital, (not an M6) it could be the sensor that is so great at 'receiving' dust and debris.

 

[nyx]

I already asked them in email...so far, no reply.

From tips here, it seems it might be metering cell. M6 are quite old already and I guess those cells have limited lives? Metring works ok so far but maybe they're offering to change it as precaution?

 

[nyx]

... and the winner is.... ..... ....historicist.

It's the light metering diode.