Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/11/20

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Subject: Re: leaf shutters
From: dlevy@worldy.com
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 16:39:28 -0500

At 12:45 PM 11/20/96 GMT, you wrote:

No relationship the Prominent has interchangable lenses. Different
arrangement from fixed lens or interchangable front element (Contaflex).

How did you like the Prominent? Seems like a lot of owners wish they still
had them.

>I don't know how relevant it is but I used to own a Voigtlander 
>Prominent which certainly had the leaf shutter mounted behind the 
>lens as the lens was fully interchangeable. The rear pupil of the 
>lens was very, very small and the shutter blades were very close to 
>the rear pupil when lens was mounted.
>
>-- 
>Reg Ronaldson           Norwich,Norfolk,England
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Brian Levy, J.D.
Agincourt Ont.
dlevy@worldy.com