Re: [Leica] Leica O

[Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>]

>Hi
>
>This is probably a daft question, but I've not been able to work out 
>why you need to put
>the lens cap on the Leica O when you advance the film.  Surely the 
>shutter is only open
>when you're taking the picture?  Is it something to do with the 
>shutter being opened as
>part of its retensioning routine when you advance the film? I've not 
>seen the camera,
>just some reviews, but they just glossed over this area as another 
>of its foibles.
>

Early focal plane shutters often weren't self capping. The slit width 
was maintained both in firing the shutter and in cocking it. Only 
later were the additional pieces added which closed the shutter 
before it was cocked.

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