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[uskanb2n@ibmmail.com]

>"Most LEICA R lenses can be equipped with the electrical contact ledge
>for data transfer.....For this though, the LEICAFLEX  SL/SL2 control cams
>must be removed which means that these lenses will only be usable on
>LEICA R moreld (from LEICA R3)."
>
>Hence it doesn't look as though the  new ROM lenses  will work on the
>SL2.
>
>Richard Hemingway
>Norman, OK

Now, It seems that my SL uses two cams: one at the bottom to stop down, and
one at the top to waggle the match needle as aperatures are changed. The cam
on the side (which moves along with the one at the top) must be to connect
to the R style meter.

Just personally, I took the batteries out of the contraption and use my
Gossen or Pentax meters, just like with my M-2. The built in meter was
just too darn distracting, attracting attention to the camera and away from
the subject. When I put the camera to my eye, I want the exposure to be
determined, and have only to concern myself with composition and focus...

It seems to me something of a shame that you can't buy a good new camera
without a bunch of electronic ge-gaws that either get in the way or
are a reliability problem.

Yes, I know, there are comparatively plain cameras like the M-6 & R6.2,
Contax S2, and the Nikon FM2, but even these have exposure meters and
flash automation... Stuff I neither want nor need. Good grief, listen to
me...Next thing you know, I'll be out there shooting wet plate negatives
in a wooden camera with a rapid rectiliniar lens and a lens cap for a
shutter... Just like Matthew Brady... None of them newfangled gadgets... 8-)>

                                          - John Lowther.