Serial no. 00084xx

This is actually my second F6. The first one I bought, with a serial no. roughly 50 units lower than this one, developed a fault as soon as the first film was loaded. It wound the film to the first frame but the frame counter was still showing "E" for empty, and there was no flashing or any indication that the film hadn't wound on properly. One press of the shutter release and the film wound on four more frames and "1" now showed. Unfortunately the electronics would not turn off after the specified time but just flashed off briefly; in effect, cycling every eight seconds. To top it off, with the switch in the "off" position, two brand new lithium batteries were totally drained overnight! It was exchanged for another without question.

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