Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Monday, April 06, 1998 3:34 PM, BIRKEY, DUANE [SMTP:dbirkey@hcjb.org.ec] wrote: > If you want a 1/250 sync, you need a vertical shutter. While I would > like metal curtains in the M-6. Would a good vertical shutter unit would > actually fit in the current M-6 shell. My understanding is that there > isn't space for extra electronics. Besides that, it would destroy some > 70 years of the Leitz shutter design tradition: committing heresy by > collectors standards at least. > > For shooting with an M-6........ Flash????? What's that?????? Strange point of view. Why forbid flash ? And if it is true that 1/250 th flash sync requires a vertical shutter, such items are made and do not mobilise too many cubic centimeters: the 1/200th sync of the G2 shutter shows space/volume is not the problem. BTW high speed flash sync suits even better the Leica M than other systems: such a speed enables the use of larger apertures (which are readily available with the M range) and thus smaller flash units. It would be great to have a nice compact flash unit for fill-in. And it would even be greater if the flash was managed automatically TTL. This would improve the M useability rather than reduce its seduction. Other things remaining equal of course (silence, rangefinder, viewfinder, size). A shutter upgrade would not have negative consequences on the traditionnal advantages of the M system.