Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Don't you know cloth is GOOD?
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 15:02:22 -0400
 
Mike,
Actually the cloth shutter should scare everybody because according to the
15th edition (1973) of the Leica Manual the cloth shutter is the source of
fungus in Leica M bodies, especially if you live in a humid area.
Steve
Annapolis


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>From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] Don't you know cloth is GOOD?
>Date: Sun, Nov 7, 1999, 11:39 AM
>

>Another P.S.: A few weeks ago, I said something to the effect of, "the
>M6's shutter is made of CLOTH. If that doesn't scare you, nothing will."
>
>I was, of course, joking.
>
>Just so we're all on the same page here.
>
><*sigh*>
>
>--Mike
>