Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Markus M|ller wrote: > > > > Stefan Kahlert wrote: > > > [the following is from Brian Levy if I remember right]: > > > > Mine has the foot. THe Minox has a small switch in the hot shoe which when > > > > depressed sets the shutter for flash. I never could figure out why it had > > > > this switch since it uses a leaf shutter. > > > > > > > Guess what happens when it is dark and the camera doesn't know that > > > it has a flash on it... > > > > when it is dark and you use your Minox with (switch off flash!) or > > wihtout flash > > (bridge the switch in the accessory shoe) you can shoot with a speed of > > 1/125 (GT u.a.). Sorry for beeing so sloppy in my first reply. What I wanted to say was, that with the Minox leaf shutter short times and flash may not be a problem but with such a aperture-priority-camera you will end up with unwanted long exposures if the camera isn't set to a appropriate sync-time (their may also be a maximum below the possible 1/500sec due to the cameras internals) in a somewhat dark environment. That is what this switch is for I think. regards Stefan - -- Stefan Kahlert, Medizinische Poliklnik der Universitaet Bonn uzs13b@uni-bonn.de