Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------D9A51CC7DF193655C5EA1C00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote: SNIP The old MP was rough in the advance and so were my old M2M's and M4M's. > The brass gear will probably wear out in time, but, unless you shoot 10,000's > of negs a year, it should last a long time. Also, the brass gears don't crack > - the steel gears have a tendency to do so, particularly when they get a bit > worn. > Tom A OK, now we're talking drivetrains and such. Answer me this Leica cognescenti. My assistant gave me "Picasso Paints a Portrait" by David Douglas Duncan. In it Duncan writes the following: "My custom built M3D Leicas featured supersilent shutters." Does anyone know how these differed from regular M3 shutters as well as anything else about these custom built cameras? Carl Socolow - --------------D9A51CC7DF193655C5EA1C00 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="csocolow.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for csocolow Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="csocolow.vcf" begin:vcard n:Socolow;Carl x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Socolow Photography adr:;;;Camp Hill;PA;17011;USA version:2.1 email;internet:csocolow@microserve.net note:ICQ 9562608 fn:Carl Socolow end:vcard - --------------D9A51CC7DF193655C5EA1C00--