Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think I will go with door number 2. I was probably only shifting the lens a half stop in either direction. Still it would be nice to have a little finer indication when on manual. John Collier > From: Jeff Spirer <jeffs@hyperreal.org> > > At 11:03 AM 3/11/00 -0700, John Collier wrote: >> I was visiting my local dealer and played with the Hexar again. I tried it >> in manual mode and was able to turn the aperture ring a full stop in either >> direction under certain conditions and not get any change in exposure >> indication. Am I missing something? I would appreciate an explanation of >> what I might be doing wrong as this looks like a pretty serious fault with >> the camera if true. > > I have one and this doesn't happen. I even get the half stop readouts (two > shutter speeds blinking) in manual mode. There are three possible > explanations for what you observed - 1) you were below the 1/4 sec > threshold in the display, in which case it stays on 4 (blinking); 2) the > Konica lens is clicked in half stops and you were changing a half stop; 3) > the demo was damaged or defective. > >