Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: > I think the safest thing for you to do is only take your cameras out at night. > > Dan C. > Or on rainy days! Horst Schmidt > At 01:51 PM 22-09-99 +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > >I was reading a book by Jim Zuckerman on natural-light photography, and he > says > >that there's no harm in shooting directly into the sun. Now, he is using a > >Mamiya MF camera, and something tells me that this advice does not apply to a > >Leica M6. With a rubber shutter curtain and no mirror to deflect incoming > >light, it seems to me that even a brief exposure to direct sunlight could > burn a > >hole into the curtain. Is this correct? > > > >I usually keep my lenses covered when I'm not actually shooting, and I always > >take care to aim them away from the sun when they are uncovered. I even > do this > >on SLRs, since, even if the sun is deflected from the film gate by a mirror, > >there is still the risk of damage to CCDs for autofocus or metering. I > find it > >hard to believe that a camera could be truly oblivious to direct sunlight > coming > >into the lens. Is there something different about MF cameras that makes them > >immune to this. > > > >And, for that matter, how _does_ one shoot directly into the sun with a > Leica, > >given this risk of damaging the interior of the camera? > > > > -- Anthony > > > > > > > > NO ARCHIVE > >