Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Today I am thinking about shutters. I understand that one of the new M's >Leica has been considering is a Leica ME with an electronic shutter. It >seems >that part of the appeal of a Leica is that if the battery in the M6 dies, the >camera still functions, except for the meter. An electronic shutter would >change that. On the other hand, an electronic shutter would be much more >accurate and would have a higher maximum speed and a higher synch speed. > >Another possibility is a metal vertical mechanical focal plane shutter >such as >is found in the Contax S2 and S2b. Theses seem to be somewhat more accurate >than a cloth horizontal focal plane shutter. Additionally, the maximum >shutter speed is 1/4000. > >I would suppose that there will always be a need and desire for an M with a >mechanical shutter. Perhaps there would also be room for an ME also. > >Tom Shea Tom, Having had many Leica cleaning seminars done at our store (Keeble & Shuchat Photography), I can attest that the shutter in the M6 is VERY accurate. The reason Leica has not changed the shuttter to a version with faster sync speed or an electronic version is reliability. I have seen M3s test to within 1/3 f/stop. That is very amazing. As to an electronic version; how wants the battery dependancy? Jeff Alford