Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:19 22/05/01 +1000, you wrote: >Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > <http://www.nemeng.com/leica/index.shtml#009c> > > >You're right, the R4 does not have the mirror pre-fire feature. I'm not > >sure about the R5 and R-E but it is on the R6 R6.2 and R7. Just my 2p worth. The R5 has a mirror lock-up lever, or rather a dial, situated on the left of the viewfinder. It also has a small brass pin on the base, near the lens mount. After reading the posts on this subject, I have been trying to find out what it does.... In all modes, except A with selective metering, pressing the pin in ( using a tool carefully crafted from a paperclip) and then firing the shutter seems to prevent the shutter firing ( no mirror lock-up) until the paperclip is removed, at which point the shutter fires (as long as the button is held down. In A selective, the shutter fires, and remains open for about 10 secs. Hope this helps someone, because it has totally confused me! David