Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/31

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Help: 1/5th sec on IIIf red dial
From: Stanley E Yoder <syoder+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:21:44 -0400 (EDT)
 
    Excerpts from mail: 30-Jul-99 Leica Users digest V10 #53 by Leica
Users digest@mejac 
> Except 1/5 second, which sounds like 1/25. If I move the slow speed dial to 
> just before the 1/5 indent, I get what sounds like 1/5th.

    Guido, my IIIF RD has exactly the same syndrome: to get 1/5 I have
to set it off the detent ever so slightly in the direction of 1/2sec. 
    I have no idea why this is, but since we both know what to do about
it, why bother to send it off for repair?
    Also, the self-timer on mine has seized up. I know what to do about
that too - I don't use it!
    Actually, it is a little comforting to know that I'm not alone with
the 1/5. But it's no big sweat.

    While, I'm on, here's one: my 50/2 LTM Summicron yields slides
slightly-but-noticeably warmer than my other LTM lenses. I'm running a
test now using an 82A filter to cool things off a couple hundred deg.K.
Anyone else have this? (Change the subject head if you reply.)
Stan Yoder
Pittsburgh