Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Herbert & Lee Kanner <kanner@acm.org> wrote: > Here is something I've always wondered about. The instructions > for getting slow speeds (below 1/20) on the old boxes said to set > the high-speed dial to 1/20, and then to choose the desired > exposure on the slow-speed dial that is on the front of the camera. > I've wondered what would happen if you were to choose a speed > higher than 1/20 on the "fast" dial and a speed lower than 1/20 on > the "slow" dial. My guess if that one would get a long exposure > through a slit of width less than that of the 35 mm frame. The > other possibility is that the mechanism would self-destruct. > > Does anyone know? Whenever I try this the Wetzlar gnome who lives inside my IIIf pops into the viewfinder and gives me the finger. - -Dave-