[Leica] Just back from India, question about burning hole in shutter

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Don't know about the meter, but I remember that the risk of burning  
holes in curtains by direct sunlight into the lens gets less with  
smaller lens opening.
I got one burned in mine when set at 2.8.


Op 11-jun-06, om 12:26 heeft Vick Ko het volgende geschreven:

> I am just back from a very interesting trip to Bangalore (too few  
> days, but
> in a way, just enough days).  Interesting to see the thread on the
> temples...hmm.
>
> I was visiting my workteam, and a bit of sightseeing.  The camera  
> on my trip
> was a Leica CL.
>
> One question, on one day, my workteam took me out to  play cricket  
> and when
> it was "team photo" time, one of the guys took our cameras (there  
> were 2 of
> us), stood back and took our photos.  My camera was at f16, and I  
> noticed
> that he put it face up on the ground.
>
> I had thoughts of horror as I worried about the sun burning a hole  
> into the
> shutter.  I did notice that he wound the film on, so I think at  
> least there
> was a chance of the sun, coming in at f16, hitting the meter.
>
> So my LUG questions:
>
> 1. can the sun at f16 burn a hole?  I'm not wanting to try the  
> experiment
>
> 2.  can the sun at f16 hurt my CL meter?  It seems fine.  I suspect  
> the sun
> is not at its focal point for the meter face
>
> I did notice a discoloured patch that is off to the edge of the  
> shutter, 1/4
> of the way to the edge.  It doesn't look like the sun "melted" the  
> rubber
> there, maybe it was there always.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vick Ko
>
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