Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In reply to: P.S. Does anyone know why Leica has never updated the shutter in the M6? Nikon has had a manual shutter with a 1/250 flash sync in the FM2 for over ten years now. Has Leica ever given a reason for not updating the shutter? The focal plane shutters with fast flash sync use multiple overlapping metal blades. I would hazard a guess that they are not as quiet as a cloth focal plane shutter such as on the Leica. It is only a guess, because the mirror causes noise, so that I can't separate the mirror slap from the shutter click. Neither my FM2 nor my FE2 appears to have a mirror lock. I can get partial lock by using the self-timer, but then the shutter noise still combines with that of the mirror's return. Perhaps someone with an model that does have a mirror lock can tell us how noisy those shutters are. Herb - -- Herbert Kanner kanner@acm.org 650-326-8204