Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] More M7 glitches?
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 08:55:42 -0600

You are right in that it is not a problem: however, my F3 had a simple 
fix in that it fired the shutter at 1/80 until you reached frame 1.

John Collier

On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 08:37 AM, S Dimitrov wrote:

> My Rollei SLR will do the same, count down 45 seconds in this case. Then
> again, my EOS will also do it. Definitely a non problem. It just means
> that the M7 is susceptible to owner carelessness, like any other piece
> of gear.
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>
>
> "J. Gilbert Plantinga" wrote:
>>
>> It's a non-issue. For those who haven't followed the link, the 
>> complaint
>> is that the M7 will lock up if you try to wind on the first two frames
>> when loading if the camera is set to auto and the lens cap is on. The
>> camera does NOT lock up, it simply counts down the maximum 32 second
>> exposure time before clocisng the shutter, and that can be interrupted
>> by turning the shutter dial in either direction.
>>
>> _Both_ of mine work this way (VBG)
>>
>> Gilbert
>>
>> On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 09:47  AM, John Collier wrote:
>>
>>> http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=008zoB
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