Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I need warp speed now SCOTTY!!!!!!!!! chris williams - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert & Lee Kanner" <kanner@acm.org> To: <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 7:15 PM Subject: [Leica] Shutter controls on screw-thread Leicas > Here is something I've always wondered about. The instructions for > getting slow speeds (below 1/20) on the old boxes said to set the > high-speed dial to 1/20, and then to choose the desired exposure on > the slow-speed dial that is on the front of the camera. I've > wondered what would happen if you were to choose a speed higher than > 1/20 on the "fast" dial and a speed lower than 1/20 on the "slow" > dial. My guess if that one would get a long exposure through a slit > of width less than that of the 35 mm frame. The other possibility is > that the mechanism would self-destruct. > > Does anyone know? > > Herb > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner@acm.org > 650-326-8204