Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 question
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 23:35:14 +0100
 
Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I just noticed today that the depth-of-field preview on my new R8
> behaves in a way that I have not seen on any other camera. When I
> release the lever, there is a slight time lag (a fraction of a second)
> in returning the lens to full aperture. It is as if there is some sort
> of damping mechanism at work. I first thought it was the lens, but it is
> the same with all lenses.
>
> Is this normal behavior for the R8?

Nathan,

It was like that with my previous R8s.
Not with the last one. No delay anymore.

Lucien