Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/21

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Subject: Re: New R8
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 19:29:43 +0100 (BST)

At 21:44 17/07/97 CDT, you wrote:
<snipped>
>One thing that facinates me is the way the mirror lock up works.  Move
>the lever on the left front to the lockup position.  Point the camera at
>the scene and push the  shutter release button.  The camera takes an
>exposure reading and stores it and the mirror then pops up.  The exposure
>is not taken until you push the shutter release button again. 
>Apparantly, the mirror will stay up and the exposure is stored up to two
>minutes.
>I set the time on 1 or 2 sec and popped up the mirror and then released
>the shutter. You  hardly hear or feel anything.  I couldn't believe it. 
>Quieter and less vibration than any SLR I have ever used, and this
>includes all the Nikon F's except the F5, and all the Leica Rs.
>Richard Hemingway

Blast it, after reading that, I want one. And I thought I could resist...

Joe Berenbaum