Eyepiece Shutter

["Roger Beamon" <beamon@primenet.com>]

Had a few minutes to kill before leaving, so. . .

Here's what my R6.2 User Manual says about the eyepiece shutter, Jim. 
I had an extra manual for the R7 that I traded to Chatterton when I bought 
the 6.2 and appropriately enough, it reads exactly the same

"Eyepiece Shutter
The silicon photodiode of the exposure meter is located in the base of the 
camera, where it protected from stray light. Normally, therefore, there is 
little likelihood of light entering the viewfinder eyepiece and affecting 
exposure-meter readings, except when you are not using the viewfinder, 
e.g. for taking photographs from a tripod, when direct sunlight or bright 
artificial light may enter through the eyepiece. To prevent this, turn the 
knob of the eyepiece shutter at the left of the eyepiece in the direction 
of the arrow. When the shutter is in place, a white triangle appears in 
the eyepiece."

On a tripod, I slavishly follow the above, particularly when using long 
exposures and closed down aperture to gain DOF. Of course, then the 
ambient light is generally low so it becomes less of a concern. Well, I 
said slavish!
- --
Roger Beamon  
       Naturalist & Photographer
       Leica Historical Society Of America
       mailto:beamon@primenet.com
          
          Soon as the evening shades prevail
   the moon takes up the wondrous tale,
   and nightly to the listening earth
   repeats the story of her birth.
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