Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think I would put the shutter on Bulb and use a cable release. Jim At 11:34 AM 1/23/99 +0100, you wrote: >Hello Lugnuts, > >As I was using the SL's self timers for some microscopy shots (with old time >leitz microscopes fitted with viso adapters and retrofitted with 14167) I >experienced differences between the delay of the various self timers : >- first SL : about 11 s >- second SL : roughly 9 s >- SL 2 : 8 s > >Even if this question might (I admit it might) seem stupid, it is not!! >As matter of fact, I'm taking fluorescence shots and the fluorescence of the >fluorophores I'm using is very rapidly fading (in about 3 to 5s). That's the >reason why I have to know the exact delay of the self timer to add the >convenient reagent at the right time i.e. 3 to 5 seconds before the shoot >asuming that the vibrations will decay by that time! >Final statement : I never could use neither M6, M4-P/M4-2/MdA/MD2...because >these bloody cams just don't bear a self timer...got stuck with an M4... >Thib. >