Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/06

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Subject: [Leica] SL Mirror lock (was: Checking a tripod for resonance)
From: Doug Herr <71247.3542@compuserve.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 20:40:55 -0400
 
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Gary Todoroff wrote:

>I have seen some SL's that will lock the shutter up if you lightly tap t=
he
>shutter button just right. However, the lock-up was only in the original=

>Leicaflex, and neither my SL nor SL2 will perform the "tap trick". Too
bad.

Gary,

Of the SLs I've used the "tap" trick wasn't very reliable.  On one body i=
t
only worked if I dropped it on the ground (once, unintentionally).  I
didn't repeat the experiment.  Another body has done this occasionally fo=
r
me.  It's not a feature I'd depend on.

- -Doug