Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Shutter accuracy?
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:09:50 -0500

At 11:47 AM 4/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>The throat size of the current M mount was thought to be too small
>to design higher speed lenses.

I always thought it was the size of the lens itself blocking the viewfinder 
that was the problem. After all, it does take the 50 Noctilux.

That WAS a problem people said was one reason Canon changed their mount. 
But I've heard Nikon say that's hogwash.

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

Logic: The art of being wrong with confidence...