Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Philippe Regards, Vick -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Philippe Orlent Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 7:42 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Just back from India,question about burning hole in shutter Don't know about the meter, but I remember that the risk of burning holes in curtains by direct sunlight into the lens gets less with smaller lens opening. I got one burned in mine when set at 2.8. Op 11-jun-06, om 12:26 heeft Vick Ko het volgende geschreven: > I am just back from a very interesting trip to Bangalore (too few > days, but > in a way, just enough days). Interesting to see the thread on the > temples...hmm. > > I was visiting my workteam, and a bit of sightseeing. The camera > on my trip > was a Leica CL. > > One question, on one day, my workteam took me out to play cricket > and when > it was "team photo" time, one of the guys took our cameras (there > were 2 of > us), stood back and took our photos. My camera was at f16, and I > noticed > that he put it face up on the ground. > > I had thoughts of horror as I worried about the sun burning a hole > into the > shutter. I did notice that he wound the film on, so I think at > least there > was a chance of the sun, coming in at f16, hitting the meter. > > So my LUG questions: > > 1. can the sun at f16 burn a hole? I'm not wanting to try the > experiment > > 2. can the sun at f16 hurt my CL meter? It seems fine. I suspect > the sun > is not at its focal point for the meter face > > I did notice a discoloured patch that is off to the edge of the > shutter, 1/4 > of the way to the edge. It doesn't look like the sun "melted" the > rubber > there, maybe it was there always. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards, > > Vick Ko > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information