Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:24 AM 11/26/97 -0400, you wrote: >>First of all, Visos are no longer in production. Second, the mirror is moved >>manually. Third, it's just plain clunky. > >Eric, > >While I agree with everything you say, I do have a trick that makes the >Viso easier to use than locking up the mirror on almost any SLR but the >R8. I have a Viso II; what I normally do is screw the little release >button thing up a little farther than you are supposed to, so that it >sits a bit above the shutter release. Then, when I go to take the >exposure, I press it gently to pop the mirror, wait a beat, then press >the release the rest of the way down. You can separatly control the two >actions very easily. After the first shot, i usually leave the mirror up >while I shoot multiples or bracket, and don't raise it again until I >recompose or want to recheck focus or framing. I bet the Viso III makes >this much easier. > >- Paul On the Leicaflex standard, you can lock the mirror up, and it will stay up, for as long as you wish. And it isn't clunky. On my R cameras, I use a double cable release for the mirror-up/exposure cycle. The release seems to have a spring inside so the second cable can continue after the first stops. One simple slow push. The fact that R6 and above have very good ttl metering, including ttl flash, makes easy work of macro photography. Jim