Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:25 AM 9/25/99 +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote: >Is it better to leave the shutter cocked or uncocked when the M6 is sitting in >its case? I usually have the shutter cocked all the time so that I can take a >new picture with a minimum of fuss, but this means that it is usually cocked >when I put it away, too. Will this mess anything up over time? No, this is well established in Leica's literature, and here on the LUG over the years. The camera is designed to be cocked and stored, or not cocked. It makes no difference. As I understand it, springs are tensioned either way. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Men say they know many things; but lo! they have taken wings