Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --------------28835A6B62F34DFBBA5A3CBE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Doug. I have a mint 400 mm f/6.8 and when I mount it to my R8 I get hardly any information in the viewfinder display. Additionally, in my R7 all I get is the computed shutter speed and, on the left, the symbol for the program mode I have chosen; thus, no aperture setting confirmation in either body's viewfinder. Frustrating, to say the least! Is this perhaps because of the age of this lens' bayonet mount? Or something else? Thanks in advance for your thoughts. Terry Doug Herr wrote: > I used the R8 with no winder, and with the standard viewscreen, on my 400mm > and 560mm f/6.8 Telyts, and my "new" 250mm f/4 Telyt. All lenses were used > with Leica shoulder stocks. A pair of Black Oystercatchers obligingly > appeared in the Weston Beach area and gave me many opportunities to test > the R8. > - --------------28835A6B62F34DFBBA5A3CBE Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Hi, Doug. I have a mint 400 mm f/6.8 and when I mount it to my R8 I get hardly any information in the viewfinder display. Additionally, in my R7 all I get is the computed shutter speed and, on the left, the symbol for the program mode I have chosen; thus, no aperture setting confirmation in either body's viewfinder. Frustrating, to say the least! Is this perhaps because of the age of this lens' bayonet mount? Or something else? Thanks in advance for your thoughts. <P>Terry <BR> <BR> <P>Doug Herr wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>I used the R8 with no winder, and with the standard viewscreen, on my 400mm <BR>and 560mm f/6.8 Telyts, and my "new" 250mm f/4 Telyt. All lenses were used <BR>with Leica shoulder stocks. A pair of Black Oystercatchers obligingly <BR>appeared in the Weston Beach area and gave me many opportunities to test <BR>the R8. <BR><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt"></A> </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML> - --------------28835A6B62F34DFBBA5A3CBE--