Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh darn! I just read an article or web posting on this but I cannot remember where. It does not just affect M cameras. Can anyone recall the article or web page? John Collier > From: Andrew Nemeth <azn@nemeng.com> > > Then to add insult to injury, I have just discovered that if > you set the speed setting to "quiet" and shoot a sequence of > shots at 1/125th (ie you press the shutter down and keep your > finger on it), then all the shots after #1 will be ruined due > to "smearing" of the LHS of the frame. What appears to happen > is that the M shutter front curtain starts to travel _before_ > the film has come fully to rest.