Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Julian, > > It is not so much a delay but a feeling that the movement is damped, > rather than > the hard click I get with other cameras. It occurs even without any > lens > mounted, so it is a feature of the body. I understand from others that > this is > normal. Yes, it's normal. Elegant, isn't it! Bernard. > > > Nathan > > Julian Koplen wrote: > > > On my R8 the DOF lever springs back up immediately when I release > it. The > > full viewfinder brightness is appreciated a bare fraction of a > second after > > I hear the lever hit its upper click-stop. In other words it seems > that the > > diaphragm cannot open quite as fast as that lever can spring back > up, but it > > is in the process of doing so. I do not get a feeling of unnatural > slowness. > > Are you saying there is a delay in the springback of the lever > itself? > > > > Regards.........Julian > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Overijse, Belgium > > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/