Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Luggers Lucien directed us to: http://www.photim.com/ACTU/Actu-Hexar%20Plus.htm for the Chasseur D'Image report on the Hexar. The pictures in the report are all from the Konica brochure in Japanese except the first and last picture and the chart of the shutter noise is from the Konica brochure. The noise is purported to be, from the motor, like the old Hexar rangefinder and the clang of the shutter metal blades is like the sound of an EOS shutter. Whether that is noisy or not - compared to what (?) - I will wait and decide for myself when I can hear it with my own ears in a few weeks time. From the review: >Le "concept Leica M" se justife par un critère déterminant, le silence. Point sur lequel le RF ne fait pas mieux qu'un reflex discret (certains EOS par exemple). Rough translation: "The Leica M concept defines itself by the determining criteria of silence. On this point the RF isn't better than reflex types (for example certain EOS models)" Best Regards Howard Cummer.