Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But why release the shutter AND set the shutter dial to "B"? Is there something I don't know about the "B" setting that has nothing to do with battery life? By the way, I never keep my camera set to B, and I end up replacing my batteries every two years whether they need it or not. Dan C. At 07:46 AM 13-05-99 -0500, MK wrote: > >Good Morning Friends, > >Last fall when i was visiting Leica NJ, I pulled my M6 out of the camera >bag >with the shutter cocked and dial not on "B." Neils Thorsen and Bill, one >of >the repair people looked at me as though I'd committed a crime, and >advised me >always to put the camera in the Bag on "B" and to release the shutter. >Since >I've been doing this my batteries last longer.