Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My DOF lever clicks up freely without any apparent damping. Maybe mine is missing something? ARRRGGGH. I will banish it from my mind. It takes good pictures, when I point it at the right things. Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 1:17 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 question Julian, It is not so much a delay but a feeling that the movement is damped, rather than the hard click I get with other cameras. It occurs even without any lens mounted, so it is a feature of the body. I understand from others that this is normal. Nathan Julian Koplen wrote: > 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 - -- 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/