Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Back to Leica, wouldn't trust the beastie. You may also want to do a battery check-check to see if your setting your dial to the correct setting ( manual is fully on manual and not 1/2 way between manual and auto. Was this a new camera? If not it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a full check up and have the latest software up loaded. Cheers Wilber - ----- Original Message ----- From: L arry Rippel <lrippel@usaor.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 11:17 AM Subject: [Leica] R-8 Difficulty > Hello all, > > I have R and M systems but the problem is with an R-8 I got last year. When > I > set it on Manual and try to shoot at say 1/30 or 1/45, sometimes the > exposure > will not fire at that speed. I'll hear the shutter stay open for maybe a > second, > two seconds, etc. It happens a few times per roll, always at the worst > possible > moment. Anyone with the same or similar problem? > > Larry Rippel > ASMP Pittsburgh Chapter > www.larryrippel.com