Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Solutions please to R3 MOT mysteries
From: Dominique PELLISSIER <pelliss@droit-eco.univ-nancy2.fr>
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 21:25:44 +0100

At 14:39 09/12/98 +0000, Alex wrote :
>Hi again LUGnuts
>
>Having had a happy lunch-hour getting to know my 'new' R3 MOT, I have few
>minor questions:
>
>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?

>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?
>
>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?
>
>I seem to remember reading somewhere that the R3 MOT was rather more
>reliable than the standard R3 - anyone got chapter and verse on this?
>
>TIA for your collective wisdom.
>
>Slan
>
>Alex
>
>Alex Hurst
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