Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Intermediate aperture settings
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@actek.com.au>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:51:09 +1000
 
Anthony Atkielski wrote:

> I know the M6 only allows specific shutter speeds as marked on the shutter-speed
> dial, but will my Summicron lens allow intermediate f-stops?  It has click stops
> for every half f-stop, but since there isn't any mechanism keyed to the aperture
> ring other than the diaphragm (unlike the shutter, which must have something
> complicated connected to the dial), I don't see any reason why I can't choose
> any intermediate position in order to get a more accurate exposure.  Is this a
> correct assumption on my part?
>
>   -- Anthony

  Have you ever tried to read the Instruction Book?

Horst Schmidt