Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, The R4 and newer cameras are electronic, if you pull the battery it is a paper weight. Why would you want to defeat its meter and electronics? If you want a mechanical SLR, you need to go back about 20 years of camera evolution. Gene -------------- Original message from "John O. Newell" <john.o.newell@comcast.net>: -------------- > So, can the meter and LEDs in an R4 be turned fully and definitively OFF? > I > see nothing about being able to do so. I had an R5 back in the 80s (a > great > camera, actually, or at least an extremely good one) and I seem to recall > that it couldn't be turned off completely, either? > > I'm not missing any hidden trick? > > Thanks > John > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information