Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Francesco, I posed a similar question when I bought my M6 in early may. The sound you refer to as a buzz occurs at shutter speeds longer than 1/50 sec. I was assured by the people here that this sound is quite normal (it has something to do with the way the curtains operate at slow speeds). I have not worried about it since. Nathan Francesco Ricci wrote: > Hi there, > I've recently exchanged some R stuff for a M6 with the 50/2 summicron. > I've just developed a roll of tmax400 and it's great. I guess I need > some time to get familiar with the telemeter; focusing is rather > different from the R7. > It is made in Wetzlar (I guess one of the last, because it has already > the red label "leica", not "leitz") and the shop that sold me the camera > said that it is more appreciated than the M6 made in solm, is it true? > > Anyway, my only doubt is a buzz that I can hear with the slowest times. > I believe that it is normal when the shutter is open (it is the same > sound that made my old rollei 35). But is it normal that the sound last > some short time (maybe 1 sec.) after the shutter is closed? Any reply is > appreciated. > ciao > -f > > -- > =============================================== > Francesco Ricci > Sodalia > via Zambra 1 > 38100 Trento > http://www.sodalia.it/ > ricci@sodalia.it > tel 0461-316242 > fax 0461-316201 > ===============================================