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Subject: [Leica] Okay, what's the LED on the R7, next to the rewind knob, used for?
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:16:45 +0200
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Hi Vick,

the red LED lighting up doesn't actually stop you doing 
anything  - it just warns that the DX sensor contacts 
haven't found anything to read - ie uncoded film 
cassettes or no film in the camera, but only when the 
dial is set to DX.

Cheers
Douglas

On 23.10.2010 02:20, Vick Ko wrote:
> Um, I can understand the DX comment.
>
> But when no film is loaded?   How does that work?  I 
> can "dry fire" the camera with no issues.
>
> Thanks again
> Vick
>
>
> On 10/22/2010 6:12 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote:
>> It warns you if you try to shoot on non-DX coded 
>> film when the film speed dial is set to DX, or when 
>> there is no film loaded.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>
>
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