Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 13:00 02/01/00 +0100, you wrote: >On 02-01-2000 02:54 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. > >Steve, >you must have used a different Minilux from the one I have. Mine focuses >when the shutter button is depressed (whether the memory function is used >or not). There is no such flaw as the one you described on my model. >Pascal >Nor on mine. Maybe a Minilux with focusing delay would be a rare collectable! Joe B.