Jump to content

Remote Control Leica R


Recommended Posts

Advertisement (gone after registration)

I have recently purchased a 2nd hand Leica R 14 277 and am curious as to the settings on the rotary dial. Are they linear or logarithmit ? There appears to be no logic in the timings as presented on my unit. Five appears to represent five seconds but ten appears to represent more like eighteen seconds

Link to post
Share on other sites

x
I have recently purchased a 2nd hand Leica R 14 277 and am curious as to the settings on the rotary dial. Are they linear or logarithmit ? There appears to be no logic in the timings as presented on my unit. Five appears to represent five seconds but ten appears to represent more like eighteen seconds

 

Bobs,

Are you referring to the shutter speed dial?

Justin

Link to post
Share on other sites

The Remote Control that I am referring to is the Electronic Timer unit that plugs into the Motor Drive or Winder. The central knob is used to set the interval time and I can find no co-relation between the markings 0 - 10 and the actual timeeg 3 = about 3 seconds 5 = about 10 seconds and 10 = about 30 seconds and this is on the X1 setting

Link to post
Share on other sites

I have recently purchased a 2nd hand Leica R 14 277 and am curious as to the settings on the rotary dial. Are they linear or logarithmit ? There appears to be no logic in the timings as presented on my unit. Five appears to represent five seconds but ten appears to represent more like eighteen seconds

 

I am not sure, but think the progression is linear, however if your contact customer service at Leica Camera AG customer.service@leica-camera.com they should be able to provide you with the instruction book for the Remote-Control-R

Link to post
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

Bob,

 

I will look for my instruction book when I get back on saturday pm, from memory the 0-10 numbers are only arbitory, the control is continously variable as you are aware.

 

Regards, Stuart

Link to post
Share on other sites

Advertisement (gone after registration)

Bob,

 

With mine I ignore the numbers on the remote control and have created my own time intervals with a stop watch. In Leica's little booklet "Tips on Projection" a projection time of 20 seconds is recommended, research indicating it takes the average viewer 10 seconds to comprehend the picture and a further 10 seconds to appreciate it.

 

I find this an excellent means of evaluating my slides. If at 15 seconds I am ready for the next shot I assume it not to be one of the better ones, however if at 20 seconds, when the slide automatically changes, I feel the viewing time was not sufficient I take it to be a more interesting, possibly better shot.

 

Justin

Link to post
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...