Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin Howard wrote: > Javier Perez jotted down the following: > > > There's only one type of electronic component that can reasonably be expected > > to deteriorate in an electronically timed shutter. It's the capacitor or > > capacitors that govern speed as a function of discharge rate. > > Oh really? What about the integrated circuits that have been popular in > cameras with electronically timed shutters for the past 25 odd years? > > M. > Javier. these days the timing capacitors don't deteriorate anymore. they either use tantalum, or plastic insulated capacitors. Even electrolytic capacitors, which are not normally used, because of the large initial tolerance, don't deteriorate anymore. Regards, Horst Schmidt