Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 20:06 Subject: RE: [Leica] Intermediate aperture settings > I hate to say this, but do you actually own a Leica? Yup. > Have you ever really looked at it? Yup. I even took a picture of it (digitally!) to use as wallpaper on my computer. > Do you understand how it works? In general terms, yes. > The only connection between the lens and the camera > is the mounting flange for gosh sakes! So the rangefinder just guesses about the current focus setting? I'm surprised. > How could you possibly think that releasing the shutter > with the lens not on a click-stop would damage anything? Better safe than sorry. I could have very logically assumed that the shutter speed is infinitely variable, but the manual says that this is not so. -- Anthony