Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Newbie M6 question
From: Thomas Kachadurian <kach@freeway.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 23:37:21 -0500

Alan:

I don't know what that noise is, but I just love the sound of it.

Tom

At 03:39 AM 1/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I've stepped in last week, after 15 years of hesitations. Of course, I'm
>going through all forms of manipulation of my new toy. And I have 1
>specific question I have seen no trace of in all the literature and Usenet
>archives: when I trigger the shutter at 1/15th and 1/30th of a sec, I get
>an aftermath of small, gradually silencing mechanical "noises" during what
>seems like the better of 1 sec. This does not happen between 1/1000 th and 
>x sync. While from 1/8 down, the mechanism makes the characteristic  motion
>work noise of slow speeds. 
>
>My question is : is the aftermath "noise" at 1/15 and 1/30  normal ? And
>why ?
>
>Thanks beforehand for your clarifications !
>
>Alan
>Brussels-Belgium.
>
>