Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, I have been wondering for years why Leica does not have a M6 with an electronic shutter. This way Leica could up the sync speed to 1/250 sec. Then the M6 would be perfect for outdoor flash. I also think that they should also make a model just like they do now for everyone that does not want the electronic shutter. Fred Jackson jackson105@juno.com On Tue, 15 Sep 1998 15:03:06 +1200 Gary Elshaw <gary.elshaw@vuw.ac.nz> writes: >Hi All, > >I've been reading the posts for the last few days and seemed to >remember >something about the physical impossibility of synching above 1/50. >After >consulting the trusty Matheson, and Morgan and Morgan here it is: > >Matheson, Andrew 'The Leica and Leicaflex Way' 1972. P. 248 > >"Flash units connected to the electronic flash socket or X contact on >the >Leica M receive their firing pulse the moment the first blind is fully >open. This is therefore perfect for the negligible firing delay of >electronic flash. However, since the flash is so short, the shutter >blind >must fully uncover the film; and the fastest speed at which this >occurs is >1/50 second. At shorter exposures, with the shutter travelling across >the >film as a slit, only a strip of film would be exposed by the flash." > >So there it is i'm afraid, we're just going to have to put up with our >antiquated 'old style' rangefinder cameras a while longer. Damn, I >hate >having to use these old cameras. > >Take care, >Gary > >____________________________________________________________________ >"to be yourself, in a world that tries, night and day, to make you >just >like everybody else - is to fight the greatest battle there ever is to >fight, and never stop fighting" -- e.e. cummings > >Gary Elshaw >Post-Grad English/Film student >Victoria University of Wellington >New Zealand > >http://members.tripod.com/~elshaw/index.html >____________________________________________________________________ > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]