Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/08/18
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At 04:32 PM 8/18/95 -0400, Jorge Saravia Rios wrote:
>To the Leica User Group,
>
>I have been reading about the nex Contax G1, It has a metallic focal plane
>shutter and shutter speeds are electronic. I know Leica m6 has a cloth focal
>plane shutter and has mechanical controled speeds.
>
>Is it possible to compare the Metallic and electronic Contax G1 Shutter with
>the Leica M6 Shutter? Which do you think may preform better ?.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Jorge Saravia.
Rather think that either will perform as well as the other when all things
are right. After all, Leica uses electronic shutters in some models. It's
merely that electronics can fail (of course, so can mechanics) and even let
you down if your battery becomes depleted. So, if you're stuck without a
spare battery (you should never be in this position) your photographing will
come to a screeching halt.
The G1 will be easier for the tyro to use initially, yet serve equally for
the more accomplished photographer. The M6 will force you to become
intimately familiar with its operation, and, in the hands of such a person,
be equally fast with the satisfying knowledge that low temperatures, dead
batteries or failed electronics will not bother you.
Regards,
Roger Beamon, Natural History Interpreter & Photographer
Docent, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
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