Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is very easy to fit a 1.5v silver oxide battery to an SL or SL2, you then have the meter calibrated and that is it. You can use the hard to find 625 silver cells (available on the web) or just use the ubiquitous SR44 with an o-ring around it. Doug has a way to pre-release the mirror on a SL or SL2. Simple and easy to do: Mirror Lock-up: No mirror lock-up :-( but Jason Hall tells me of a trick he got from the Pentax list: "Wind on and then flick the shutter release (like you're flicking a pea off the table) not straight down but from the side and above (and not hard), this action releases the mirror and presets the aperture! Normal pressure/cable release will then fire the shutter and return the mirror (without vibration or clunk!!!). It's quite easy once you have the knack and easily repeatable!!" I've tried this a little and the trick is to flick the shutter release quickly enough that it starts the mirror upward but not so much that the button is still depressed when the mirror reaches the top of its motion See this and more at: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/leica/ The chances of another SL type camera are very slim. The new SL was the SL2 and literally tens of thousands of people did not buy it. Leitz lost money on every camera sold. Great camera which is still available reasonably priced used and is still fully repairable by Leica (though specialized focusing screens are getting scarce). John Collier On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 13:03:25 -0800 Bill Stanke <bstanke@turbonet.com> wrote: > If you were re-designing the SL, what "modern" > features would you ask > Leica to build in to the "new" SL? > > I would like: > ....... > 2) Modern batteries > snip > 6) Mirror lock-up - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html