Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is this the current 0 series or the original? - ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Fast handling Leica "0" > ARTHURWG@aol.com jotted down the following: > > > "Shutter speeds can neither be set when the shutter is fully cocked, nor when > > it is released. To set the desired slit width (shutter speed) the shutter > > must be partly cocked so that the small black dot on the perforated washer in > > the dial is opposite the mark on the camera's top plate. In order to prevent > > unintentional exposure, advancing the shutter and setting the slit width > > should only be done with the lens capped.....Important: Do not set the dial > > directly from "50" to "2" and vice versa. Instead, adjusting must always be > > done upwards or downwards step by step, , ie. from "5" to "50" the dial must > > be rotated clockwise past the figures "10" and "20", but never > > counterclockwise past the "2." > > Wow. The Linux of cameras. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | Quidquid latine dictum, altum videtur. > email: howard.390@osu.edu | > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- > > >