Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:11 PM 25-12-96 -0500, Stan wrote: > >Excerpts from mail: 25-Dec-96 Leica-Users List Digest V1 .. by >Listmgr@mejac.palo-alto. >> The meters with the "ring resistor" such as the DP-1 have the high failure >> rate; the DP-3 and DP-12 are very reliable. They may not be repairable, but >> nothing ever happens to them. >> >I had heard this before (that the DP-3/-12 don't have the dread rr). >What then does the DP-3 post or DP-12 AI tab move inside the finder, if >not a contact finger on the rr? > >FYI, I have a mint DP-1 and a user DP-3, both in fine health. Today. I have no idea. There must be some other mechanism that accomplishes the same thing. What happens in most auto-aperture SLRs (for instance, the new Leica R8 - I had to mention Leica somewhere in this thread!) when you turn the aperture ring? I too have a DP-1, but I think that it is starting to go. The needle is acting a little jumpy (though a Nikon guy says it only needs cleaning). Dan C.