Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The issue that Joe B. brought up about his M6 doing strange noises when exposing during 1 second (msg:"M6 shutter hiccups") reminds me that I have been doubting since I bought mine(3 weeks) of my 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and 1 second exposure sounds, but I havenīt used them yet nor did any test. When I press the shutter release, I can first hear clearly two noises that go in paralel: One is obviously the curtain opening, and the other is what I think is the timer (itīs just like a bee buzzing when she is trapped in a window). Then you donīt hear anything but the bee buzzing, until you here the second curtain pass. But what I find strange, is that afterwards, the bee keeps buzzing for about another 3 seconds (in the 1 second exposure). This happens with the speeds I mentioned above (with the others I imagine that it goes too fast to hear it) and the bee buzzes less time in proportion. Is this normal? Nicolas Levinton. nicolev@jet.es