Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M SHUTTER TECHNOLOGY
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 10:35:05 -0400

Perhaps the heavier brass of the M4 camera body muffles the sound more than
the zinc and aluminium of the current M6s?   Just a wild guess so no flame
throwers!

Dan C.

At 09:41 AM 18-04-99 EDT, you wrote:
>Hello LUGERS , 
>I'm quite curious about the technology used in an M Leica shutter .
>Also , what's the difference between the shutter of an M4 and an M6 ? 
>Does anyone on the LUG know why the M4 shutter is so soft and
>silent compared to an M6 , which has a more sharp sound .
>I have had my M6 from 1986 and found it to be excepionnally soft
>and silent , but when I acquired the M4 , I discovered it was ten times
>softer .
>Any idea ?
>
>Jo Goodtimes
>
>