Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don: You are mistaken. A setting between marked shutter speeds cannot be set exactly, but with a cloth, horizontal travel shutter you can set between speeds and get a less accurate half stop; no less precise than setting an F-stop between clicks. My shutter speed tester bears this out on both an M6 and an M4-p. Tom At 12:02 PM 7/17/98 -0400, you wrote: >Your old F2 Nikon does NOT work between >speeds. It is a mechanical shutter with distinct >speeds only. > >The newer electronic shutter cameras (Nikon F3 >and newer) can work on intermediate speeds >but only in auto-exposure mode. There is no way >to set intermediate speeds manually. > >Some of the even more recent models, with >digital shutter speed displays, can set intermediate >speeds. > >The M6, being mechanical, of course can not do so. > >don ferrario > >-----Original Message----- >From: capitaine francky <franck.lequeux@hol.fr> >Date: Friday, July 17, 1998 9:45 AM >Subject: [Leica] Date: Ven, 17 Jul 98 15:01:39 -0000 > > >> >>does shutter speed of the M series, like my old F2 nikon, works >between >>two speeds value, >>eg : 750 between 500-1000 or 175 between the 125-250 position ? >> > > ================================== Thomas Kachadurian WEB PAGE: http://members.aol.com/kachaduria