Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe, Hold on, that is the way it is supposed to work (it is quiet etc) I haven't gotten my first bunch of slides back yet. Will take them in tomorrow and get them back from Kodak Friday. Then we will see!!! I have used this feature for about 1/3 of the slides and have written it all down in my little book. I'll let you all know, but I will be surprised if it doesn't work this way - that is what it says in the I.B. Worked about 8 hours in the yard the last two days and cleaned the house today - no time to take pics. Have taken about 16 on a 24 roll. >>One thing that facinates me is the way the mirror lock up works. >Move >>the lever on the left front to the lockup position. Point the camera >at >>the scene and push the shutter release button. The camera takes an >>exposure reading and stores it and the mirror then pops up. The >exposure >>is not taken until you push the shutter release button again. >>Apparantly, the mirror will stay up and the exposure is stored up to >two >>minutes. >>I set the time on 1 or 2 sec and popped up the mirror and then >released >>the shutter. You hardly hear or feel anything. I couldn't believe >it. >>Quieter and less vibration than any SLR I have ever used, and this >>includes all the Nikon F's except the F5, and all the Leica Rs. >>Richard Hemingway > >Blast it, after reading that, I want one. And I thought I could >resist... > >Joe Berenbaum > >