Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/12

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Subject: [Leica] loading an sl2mot (question)
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Thu May 12 17:24:32 2005

i've used my sl2mot for some time now but for whatever reason 
never used it with the motor.  i actually had a lot of trouble loading 
it with the motor on.  after studying the motor again on and off the
camera, i've hypothesized that the correct method to load it is:

1. turn it off the motor with the switch on the grip side.  
2. turning off the motor moves a pin which frees the camera 
   shutter to allow loading and winding a single frame using the
   lever and observing the counter-clockwise rotation of the rewind
   knob.
3. then the motor can be switched on and two motorized shots
   brings you to zero on both the camera and motor counter.

does this approximate the correct procedure?

is the only way to make the exposure by using the switch on the motor?
unfortunately, this forces one to extricate one's hand from the 
grip to change shutter speeds.

thanks,

-rei

-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey


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