Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/09
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>1) There's a prong under the wind-on lever marked 'WR'. It appears to have
>three positions - large dot, small dot, and none at all. What does it do?
My R3, non MOT has a two position prong. When one dot is visible the camera
winds normally, when two are showing it double exposes.
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>2) There's what looks like a red LED set into the left hand end of the
>camera (i.e. on the same side as the rewind knob). Is this something to do
>with the battery check? Any anyway how do I check the battery?
The LED is the battery check indicator. It lights when the ISO index arrow
is depressed.
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>3) In the viewfinder I can only see the bottom half of the apertures on the
>50/2 Summicron. Is this normal - seems that they're read directly off the
>lens ring?
No. Check to see if the window on the underside of the prism front overhang
is clean. If it is there may be some damage inside.
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BTW: I find the R3 to be an excellent camera. It offers all the modes I
need and I prefer analog readouts for meters. My shooter is a well dented
and brassed Safari model. My wife recently bought me another, but it new,
in the box, and I'm almost afraid to use it.
Cheers!
kw
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