Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] What makes M6 fash sync speed only 1/50?
From: chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:14:18 -0700
 
I think it has something to do with the mechanical limits of the cloth
shutter. Titanium and other metal shutters are faster, but not as quiet.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.
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>
> From a non technical person point of view, range finder camera should have
> faster flash sync speed since it has less mechanical and no mirror between
> the lense and the film.
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> But why M6 only has 1/50 flash sync speed?
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> JSJ
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