Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29

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Subject: [Leica] R4...can you turn this thing off?
From: john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell)
Date: Thu Mar 29 16:57:39 2007
 
Gene - when I owned an R5, there were several occasions when I took it out 
of the bag with the battery flat dead...just a paperweight, as you say.  If 
it had a switch to turn the meter off, like the M6 (set to B) or the R6 
("off"), that couldn't happen.

Assuming I remembered to turn it off, of course... <|%^)

John


-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: grduprey@mchsi.com 

> John, 
> 
> The R4 and newer cameras are electronic, if you pull the battery it is a 
> paper 
> weight. Why would you want to defeat its meter and electronics? If you 
> want a 
> mechanical SLR, you need to go back about 20 years of camera evolution. 
> 
> Gene