Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]DAVE YODER <leica@home.com> wrote: >I've picked up a new R6.2 as my first Leica R body and I love it, but >have a question about a strange buzz after the shutter returns down, >only on the 250th/sec position. This is the shutter detension mechanism doing its thing. It only happens at 1/250th (the most commonly used outdoor speed IMO). Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> added: >This is absolutely, positively, normal. True, but *very* annoying nevertheless. Wonder how long the M-crowd would tolerate a buzz like this... >I understand you can find this in the instruction manual. Yes, but there is no explanation *why* it happens. I had to button-hole a few technicians before one finally coughed up the shutter-detension explanation. IMO, a serious design flaw in an otherwise delight-to-use camera. Regds, Andrew N. www.nemeng.com