Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 20:40:30 +0300 > From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Flash Synchro // WAS: Oh Dang! > > Andre Jean QUINTAL wrote: > > > --> Would anyone care to tell us what sort of gizmo > > or camera modification it would take to make any > Leica M > > "compatible" with a 1/250th flash synchro ? > > Is it feasible or something that would go as "deep" > > as requiring an altogether different shutter > mechanism ??? > > Maybe Leica should commit some reversed engineering in regard > to the > Nikon FM2 shutter? Yes, it's bigger, but hey... no one said > life was > going to be easy. > > Bernard Yup, that's what I want, a Leica M that sounds like trash can lids clattering in an alley when I trip the shutter! But, hey, it would flash sync at 1/250. Seems like a rather high price to pay for a convenient but not critical feature for the camera. What would it take to raise the sync speed to, say, 1/90 or 1/100? If it requires more noise, I'm agin it. Rob Schneider