Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] second installment of comments from first time user
From: JOHN COZ <johncoz@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 17:00:11 -0500
 
Byron Rakitzis wrote:
 I was at Keeble & Shuchat today and decided to hold an R6.2 to see what
> the fuss was all about. Just curious about what goes on when you press the
> shutter release. This camera has a more complicated sound than any other
> 35mm SLR I've heard. It's almost like you can hear the mirror getting out
> of the way, then the shutter releasing, then the mirror coming down again.

I am wondering if you didn't inadvertently pluck an Exakta from the used
showcase.  Did the wind lever on the camera fall under your right or
your left thumb?