Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On my R8 the DOF lever springs back up immediately when I release it. The full viewfinder brightness is appreciated a bare fraction of a second after I hear the lever hit its upper click-stop. In other words it seems that the diaphragm cannot open quite as fast as that lever can spring back up, but it is in the process of doing so. I do not get a feeling of unnatural slowness. Are you saying there is a delay in the springback of the lever itself? Regards.........Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be> To: LUG <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 4:02 PM Subject: [Leica] R8 question I just noticed today that the depth-of-field preview on my new R8 behaves in a way that I have not seen on any other camera. When I release the lever, there is a slight time lag (a fraction of a second) in returning the lens to full aperture. It is as if there is some sort of damping mechanism at work. I first thought it was the lens, but it is the same with all lenses. Is this normal behavior for the R8? Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/