Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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