Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/31

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Subject: RE: [Leica] A Red Dot story
From: "Rodgers, David" <david.rodgers@xo.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:57:42 -0500

Lucien

FM2N is about 4.5 on the Richter scale. Contax S2 is about 5.5. Leica M is
about 2.1. Fired all three at intervals next to a seismometer in Berkeley. 

Dave

>Andrew Moore wrote:
> ...Try it by pre-releasing the mirror
> (with the self timer on the FM2N).  When the shutter curtain operates
> a few seconds later, it's as quiet as an M.

>Andrew,

>It's not my experience.