Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/26

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Subject: [Leica] Medium Format Rangefinder
From: simon.ogilvie at gmail.com (Simon Ogilvie)
Date: Wed Oct 26 11:35:28 2005
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On 10/26/05, Wade Heninger <lists@heninger.org> wrote:
>
> Not quite sure because the shutter is such a bizarre sounding thing that
> I'm
> not exactly sure what its doing yet. The shutter sound is this bizarre
> whimper that just sounds broken the first few times you play with it.

 The shutter lag on the RF645 is actually very short, and the bizarre sound
is after the shutter has closed. I think it's the sound of the leaf shutter
recocking that sounds odd, and the shutter itself is just a quiet click
(much like the Mamiya 7 only slightly quieter...).
 Simon.
In reply to: Message from feli2 at earthlink.net (feli) ([Leica] Medium Format Rangefinder)
Message from lists at heninger.org (Wade Heninger) ([Leica] Medium Format Rangefinder)