Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Question - 70-180 APO Display is off
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:45:52 +0200
References: <NDBBJAJIILKNNKKBBHHHCEDMCPAA.jorg@mindspring.com>
 
Jorg Willems wrote:

> Today we went to a rodeo in Lawrenceville, Ga, and I used my wife's R8 with
> the 70-180 APO zoom (not ROM) to get some close-up of the bull riders.
> Because of low light I used 1600 film and had the aperture always at 2.8.
> Instead of showing 2.8 it displayed 3.4 in the finder.  When I closed it a
> half stop it occasionally displayed 2.8 for a brief moment and went back to
> 3.4.

On the R8, it happen sometimes with non-ROM lenses like 280/2,8 or
Apo-Extender 1,4 X etc..

Lucien
In reply to: Message from "Jorg Willems" <jorg@mindspring.com> ([Leica] Question - 70-180 APO Display is off)