Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>True for R4, R5, & R6. But in the R7, the winder and/or drive batteries DO >NOT bypass the camera battery. Jim, Not quite true for even the R4, E, 5. They still use the battery in the body to charge some capacitor for the shutter release button. If that battery is dead, you have to hold the button down for a few seconds to charge up the capacitor, then it will take the picture. A real pain in cold weather when the body battery gets cold and then you hit the button at a critical time and nothing happens for a second or two. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch 98% of all statistics are useless.