Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/24
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Peter J. Fasi wrote:
>On a related note, I lost the instruction manual to my Leica CL and had
>not used the meter because of accuracy problems. There is a 'flag' that
>appears in the top right-hand corner or the viewfinder at certain
>shutter speeds. Any idea what this indicates?
Just got my CL (with 2/40 Rokkor) out of the cupboard (closet to most of
you LUGers). Thanks for reminding me I hadn't used it lately.
The 'flag' on mine appears at 1/60. What you then do is to make sure that
when you press the little button at 5 o'clock to the lens (as you look at
it), that the needle swings to the cut-out in the middle of the scale on
the r/h side of the viewfinder. This purports to mean you have a healthy
battery - which mine does. If you do it the way I've suggested, it might
also be advisable to have two heads.
BTW - the meter needle on mine sticks with monotonous regularity.
Workaround: open up to 1/2 second, and it should swing. Then increase the
shutter speed/ reduce aperture. The meter itself is extremely accurate.
It's a great little camera.
Slan
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