[Leica] the Rose on/off switch

[grduprey at rockwellcollins.com (grduprey@rockwellcollins.com)]

I must also be in an argumentative mood also...

In my case I just leave the camera on until I am done shooting for the day,
so I don't worry about it being turned on or off.  Even if you used this
switch thing you would have to look down to switch it on prior to shooting,
so the motion to move the shutter dial is a no big thing alternative to the
switch, and no cost either.  I agree, though that incorporating it into the
advance lever would be the best situation.  Hmm, the SL had it right way
back in the '60s.  On the other hand if you do not advance the film the
meter is turned off anyway...

Gene



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I suspect we each have slightly different styles that mean that one
person's ideal is another person's "are you kidding me?"

I never had a problem with the lever popping out accidentally, but I am
slightly annoyed by having to remember to spin the dial.  I keep the camera

in my hands when I'm expecting to shoot, but sometimes when I'm not
expecting it and I have the camera tucked away, I'll see something fleeting

that I want to snap very quickly and I'd like to be able to pull the camera

out to my eye, flick the aperture or shutter speed a stop or two and
shoot.  With the thing on "off" I inevitably have to look down to get the
shutter speed in the reasonable range first.

Plus I haven't fully trained myself to avoid winding on before putting the
camera away, so my softie gives me more blank frames than I'd like.

Your mileage obviously does vary.  ;)

Whatever...I still like my camera!

-Aaron

At 03:52 PM 4/21/2004, BD wrote:
>The problem with the 'pull the advance lever out slightly' on-off switch
>is that it's awfully easy for the lever to be pushed out -  in the bag
>or on the shoulder. How hard is it to spin the shutter speed dial to OFF
>on the TTL, or B on the M6? And if there's that kind of switch, and no
>lock that keeps the shutter release from being pushed, you can't end up
>with the kind of disaster Ted encountered where some Cro-Magnon airlines
>security dolt forces the shutter release down past a 'lock.'
>
>B. D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
>[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>Aaron Sandler
>Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 3:51 PM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] the Rose on/off switch
>
>
>At 03:28 PM 4/21/2004, Gene wrote:
> >I would think the M6 users would have the same problem.  Also if you
> >put the camera away for some period of time, your exposure would almost
>
> >surely change as the light level will change, so why not just turn the
> >camera off? the amount of time it takes to check exposure after turning
>
> >the camera on is negligible and since you would have to adjust exposure
>
> >anyway after a period of off time, you loose no time prior to shooting
> >in this situation.
>
>For some reason I'm in the mood to nitpick today...
>
>The reason this annoys me on my M6TTL is that turning the shutter speed
>to
>"Off" is one extra thing to have to do rather than just jamming the
>camera
>in my bag/pocket/whatever.  Sure, it's not _that_ big a deal, but
>ideally I
>would prefer a combination on/off AND shutter lock like the one on the
>Nikon FM2 where you pull the advance lever out slightly to turn the
>camera
>on.  I find that I do this anyway out of habit, so it'd be perfect for
>me.

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