Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, My SL2 owner's manual states that all intermediate shutter speeds are usable except between 1/8 and 1/4 and between 1/60 and 1/30. The same is true of the SL. Nathan Tom Finnegan wrote: > I was checking out a SL earlier this week at the local Leica dealer, and I > remembered that Doug and perhaps others had mentioned previously here that > the Leicaflex/SL/SL2 have a continously variable shutter. I asked the Leica > guy there about it and that was the first time he had ever heard that > before. Although he did admit that he wasn't really an expert on these > particular models. We looked through a couple references he had behind the > counter, but didn't see and mention one way or the other. Even though the > metering arm in the display moves continously between stops, he was a bit > skeptical that the shutter was stepless. Does anybody have a reference that > describes the shutter design, perhaps the original owners manual? I've been > frequently annoyed in the past with the whole shutter speeds only on my R4 > in manual mode. I would like to trade it the R4 in at some point for a R7 > or R8 which have half-speeds in manual, but that will have to wait for > awhile.TIA > > Tom Finnegan > Seattle > > Name: WINMAIL.DAT > WINMAIL.DAT Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream) > Encoding: x-uuencode - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo site: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/