Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] HEXAR RF vs. M5 vs. M6
From: Krechtz@aol.com
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:27:36 EDT

In a message dated 9/11/00 9:29:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jem.kime@cwcom.net writes:

<< Having no sprockets to drive the film, the motorised collecting spool 
needs 
 to be told when to stop rotating. >>

The only drawback of which I have heard is that such optical sensors usually 
employ infrared light and often, but not always, prevent the effective use of 
infrared film.  This may have been true only in earlier designs, however.

Joe Sobel