[Leica] Re: R8-9 question for long exposures

[David Young <dnr@horizon.bc.ca>]

At 7/29/2003, you wrote:

>I don't have my manual in front of me but I seem to remember that it said 
>the R8 had two mechanical speeds but that the battery (even a dead one) 
>had to be in the camera for them to work.
>
>Ken Wilcox


Sorry, Ken. But I *do* have my manual in front of me.  On page 8, under 
"Automatic Battery Control", it states:

- - Complete battery symbol lights up:
         Batteries are fine.
- - Half battery symbol lights up, other displays light up:
         Keep spares on hand!
- - Half battery symbol lights up, all other displays off:        Batteries 
are dead, release is not possible.

Nowhere can I find anything about mechanically governed speeds.

Perhaps you're confusing the R8/R9 with the M7, which does have two 
mechanically governed speeds.

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