Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Huntley wrote: > > I'm new to the group, so sorry my first comment is somewhat negative. Those of you mourning the demise of the Minilux are regretting the end of production of the wrong camera. The Minilux and other current Leica p&s models all have the same flaw: You depress the shutter button, the camera > stores the exposure information and STORES the focus but does NOT actually focus until you depress the shutter button all the way--creating a delay that makes the cameras not very useful for anything but static poses. The now defunct Mini III, on the other hand, actually focuses the lens on the > initial slight depression of the shutter button so that when you actually take the picture there is no delay. HCB armed with a Minilux might find himself recording the moment after the decisive moment. I am a M6 user but have a Mini III I carry when I can't carry the M6. It has a sharp lens > and a sensitive meter, more sensitive than its 1/6 slowest shutter speed would indicate. No camera with the Leica Red Dot should have that exposure delay! > The digest is great reading. Thx. > Steve Steve, The shutter release of the Minilux is a two-stage device. A gentle touch of the release not only stores the exposure and focus information, it also focuses the lens - you can actually see the lens move into the correct position. Further pressure of the shutter release will trip the shutter. By locking the lens into the correct focus, you can minimise the delay significantly. Regards, Joseph