Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suspected as much. Everytime I use it, my viewfinder darkens. Julian - ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 question Julian Koplen wrote: > My DOF lever clicks up freely without any apparent damping. Maybe > mine is > missing something? ARRRGGGH. I will banish it from my mind. It takes > good > pictures, when I point it at the right things. With a DOF preview like that, it's clearly broken. No matter what good pics it takes. :-)) Bernard > > > Julian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 1:17 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] R8 question > > 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. > > 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/