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Subject: [Leica] Just back from India, question about burning hole in shutter
From: clzeni at mindspring.com (Craig Zeni)
Date: Sun Jun 11 14:55:47 2006
References: <000c01c68d41$73a9b410$c310822f@corp.nortel.com> <448C12F3.2000908@waltjohnson.com> <FBE07261-CFAE-460D-BF66-EA7B37E98013@pandora.be> <7EB5E535-0F23-4395-BE5F-4CF5D7A95709@mindspring.com>

A nocti might be able to fire off nuclear fusion ...

:)

On Jun 11, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Ric Carter wrote:

> Because f2 lets in 32 times more light than f16!
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies
>
> On Jun 11, 2006, at 9:18 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>> Damn Walt, you got me thinking and testing.
>> Took a Summarit and burned within 1 sec a hole in a newspaper page at  
>> f 1.5.
>> The distance was about the one to focal plane.
>> Did it again at f 16. A smaller circle on the newspapern but no  
>> burning even at 10 secs.
>> I also think I know why. Do you?
>> ;-)
>>
>>
>> Op 11-jun-06, om 14:56 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> Vick
>>>
>>> Simply take the lens off and outside to find the solution to your  
>>> question. Focus the sun on your arm  stopped down and wide open and  
>>> prove to yourself which is more likely to burn the shutter curtain.
>>>
>>> Walt
>>>
>>> Vick Ko wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
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Replies: Reply from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Just back from India, question about burning hole in shutter)
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