Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >