Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 11/8/00 6:41:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, summarex@yahoo.com writes: > > While it makes sense at first, defending the mechanical shutter as more > reliable in the long term than > the electronic one is like like claiming that an old adding machine is more > reliable than a pocket calculator. It isn't. > In remote parts of the world (i.e., rural Alaska) power supplies are not reliable. For me, it's enough to think about whether I have enough film or not. I don't want to also think about whether I'm packing enough batteries in or not. BTW when I worked in rural Alaska, hand-cranked mechanical adding machines were far more reliable than electro-mechanical or electronic ones. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Stay in touch with Northwestern and the world. Click http://www.nualumni.com to get your FREE Northwestern StartPage. Customize your own collection of the latest news, sports, stock quotes, and more. Check it out today!