Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a shame Philippe... I ran across one of the Leica/photography experts some time back who advised not setting the lens on small apertures to prevent burning curtains. All one has to do is pull off the lens on a sunny day and see what makes smoke on your arm? There are a few rules I try to follow when outside shooting.....Always rotate aperture ring counterclockwise when through with shooting....Always set camera face down or at least never on it's back. If carrying two cameras (around neck and on shoulder) carry the shoulder camera with lens facing in. Walt Philippe Orlent wrote: > 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 > >