Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Have had that happen only once or twice in 15 years with electronic cameras. Besides removing and then putting them back in could cause you to miss that photo opertunity. Just what everyone has been complaining about with the M7 and M8 with the horrible delay between turning them on and when you can take the first shot. ;-) Gene -------------- Original message from Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com>: -------------- > i think the desire is to not run the battery down. > the trick on the M6 (i learned the hard way) is to > rotate the dial to B. inside my camera bag, i've > had the M6 button inadvertantly pressed and run down. > > -rei > > > > On Mar30 00:51, grduprey@mchsi.com wrote: > > 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" > : -------------- > > > > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information