Guest carolina Posted January 10, 2009 Share #1 Posted January 10, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) this winter- unlike other recent winters- my R3's shutter does not fire consistently, reliably at temps of -30 to -40 ish. I've replaced the batteries and ensured that the contacts are clean. It was last CLAed about four years ago. My question is - does the R6/6.2 have similar difficulties in cold weather as it is not dependent on batteries for shutter function? Carolina Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 10, 2009 Posted January 10, 2009 Hi Guest carolina, Take a look here cold weather performance. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
imported_peter_m Posted January 10, 2009 Share #2 Posted January 10, 2009 I had the same problems a number of years ago with my R3, after a visit to the Kindermann spa all is well again, she doesn't miss a beat at -30. Wonder if they used the winter lube when you had your R3 serviced. M6 works fine in those temperatures as well, never had any problems with it. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
icqcq Posted January 10, 2009 Share #3 Posted January 10, 2009 Wait: are you guys really discussing negative Fahrenheit temperatures here? Batteries will power up at those temps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carolina Posted January 11, 2009 Share #4 Posted January 11, 2009 Peter thanks for the info. I did not specifically request winter lube when it was last serviced- may be that is part of the problem. Icqcq the temps listed are in Celsius- and yes up until this winter I was my cold weather limitation- now the camera is.Carolina Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_peter_m Posted January 11, 2009 Share #5 Posted January 11, 2009 Yes I was referring to Celsius as well but then at - 40 the scales meet and -30 C would be around -22 F. It is getting a bit nippy at that temperature no matter what scale you use Carolina, I never asked for winter lube, I am not sure if you even can specify, but I would have thought if you got the camera serviced up here they would automatically use lube suitable for our climate. You may want to call Kindermann and talk with Gerry he might have some insights for you. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elansprint72 Posted January 12, 2009 Share #6 Posted January 12, 2009 'scuse my ignorance but isn't the R3 a mechanical camera with the batteries just working the meter? At -40 C any viscosity of lubricant would be getting appreciably more "sticky". Do you live in Alaska? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
veraikon Posted January 12, 2009 Share #7 Posted January 12, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) No sorry, The R3 was the first electronical Leica camera - only the flash syncro time (1/100) is mechanical. Only the SL /SL2 and R6/6.2 are full mechanical SLRs from leica (of course they meter needs batteries) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carolina Posted January 13, 2009 Share #8 Posted January 13, 2009 Hi Pete I live in Canada. Carolina Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_peter_m Posted January 13, 2009 Share #9 Posted January 13, 2009 Pete, Same here, I am in Canada and we do get some cold wetter, and if you are on the coast in Alaska it doesn't really gets that cold there. They do have some pretty amazing lubricants now, running some Esso synthetic 0/40 in the old diesel truck and it will fire up at -30 without being plugged in, with the 15/40 you couldn't turn it over. Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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