Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Miro, I am certainly no R expert but what you describe sounds like a lens problem. Every SLR I have seen basically releases pressure on the diapharam actuating arm and the speed of the lens diaphram closing is dependent upon the internals of the lens. Do you have more than one lens to try this? Dennis Miro Jurcevic wrote: > > OK, I did the sensible thing. I got some lenses first and then went on the > trail for a body. I got the R series over Blad's and the M's. > > The first body, an R4, came from Ebay with no rear seals, the second, an R4S > came with a seriuosly useless and flaking bayonet. Obviously I was scraping > the bottom of the barrel here. $300 - $400 USD was not going to buy any > serious Leica body. That's what they cost me and I was going nowhere. The > cameras were going back to the sellers (retailers on mail order). > > I took two more precautions. Spend more money and do it in person. > > I bought a mintish R7, mucho grande, for about $1,040 USD in a box with a > new strap. Showed my trophy to an old friend in the magazine trade. Took it > home and despite my lung twisting flu, thought that I finally saw the light > at the end of the tunnel. > > Whilst playing with the lenses in f22 mode and on 4 seconds, I noticed that > the iris was only half closed and then two thirds, I checked for manual > mode, then stopped it down manually. Sure enough I picked my third lemon in > a week. > > It's enough to make me want a 'blad.