Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin Howard wrote: > ARTHURWG@aol.com jotted down the following: > > > "Shutter speeds can neither be set when the shutter is fully cocked, nor when > > it is released. To set the desired slit width (shutter speed) the shutter > > must be partly cocked so that the small black dot on the perforated washer in > > the dial is opposite the mark on the camera's top plate. In order to prevent > > unintentional exposure, advancing the shutter and setting the slit width > > should only be done with the lens capped....." > > Wow. The Linux of cameras. > > M. > No, Martin, the Franklin Mint Elvis Collector's Plate of cameras. :-) B. D.