Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/28

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Subject: [Leica] R4...can you turn this thing off?
From: phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)
Date: Wed Mar 28 21:16:53 2007
References: <032820071401.7175.460A75540009FCB300001C07220075033004040A990A02D201D202080106@comcast.net><460A7EFE.8080801@numericable.fr> <20070328145848.GB26675@panix.com> <000101c77199$75d33760$6401a8c0@svctag4ZD7011>
 
Another way to turn it of when you have the winder or motor drive on is 
to release the battery holder lever and slide the pack to the first 
click - it prevents accidental firing and colateral casualties in the 
camera bag

yours
Phil...x


John O. Newell wrote:

>So, can the meter and LEDs in an R4 be turned fully and definitively OFF?  I
>see nothing about being able to do so.  I had an R5 back in the 80s (a great
>camera, actually, or at least an extremely good one) and I seem to recall
>that it couldn't be turned off completely, either?  
>
>I'm not missing any hidden trick?
>
>Thanks
>John
>
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In reply to: Message from john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell) ([Leica] Considering a Backup Reflex...R4?)
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