Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>...One way to eliminate the risk >>of burning a hole in your shutter is to get in the habit of setting your >>aperture to the smallest f stop when the camera is not in use and doesn't >>have the lens cap on. > >I think you are better off leaving the aperture wide open, since the >smaller it is, the more pointed the source of light is and the more likely >to burn a hole. I don't think so. Any light ray which makes it through the lens to the shutter with the aperature closed down will also make it through to the shutter with the aperature wide open, plus you will have aditional rays hitting the shutter with the aperature wide open. > >I have shot with my M6 a scene(s) with sun in it and did not burn a hole in >the shutter. As long as one does it quickly enough, it seem OK. It would >probably take a few minutes to burn a hole. > I suspect the hole got burned not while taking a photo with the sun in it, but while the camera was not in use, and probably stationary, e.g. on a table etc.