Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There once was a line of thought that horizontal shutters gave a more pleasing perspective for horizontally moving subjects than vetical shutters. Something called focal plane shutter distortion which occurs when the subject is moving while the shutter slit is travelling its course. The subject was not in the same place when the slit started as it is in when the slit finishes, elongating or compressing the subject. Remeber, even though any given point on the film maybe getting only 1/1000 or 1/2000 of a second of light, one spot may be getting its 1/1000th or 1/2000th of light, 15 or 30/1000ths of a sec. later than another spot (e.g. with a 1mm slit width). That, I beleive, is one reason why only the consumer models (e.ge. Nikkormat) had vertical travelling shutters and the professional models had horizontal shutters (e.g. F, F2, F3). Maybe its no longer an issue with modern, high speed shutters, or just that no one talks about sacrificing this issue to get other advantages (higher shutter speeds, higher flash sych, etc.), and the absence of people using MF focal plane shutter cameras (Pentax 67, Exacta 66, Pentacon, Hasselblad F) for action phtography. Tom Schofield >From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: RE: [Leica] Self introduction and first info-seeking topic >Date: 24 Sep 2001 11:08:24 -0700 > >On Mon, 24 September 2001, leica@davidmorton.org wrote: > > > > > Rei Shinozuka > > > > "wow, didn't know that. even the n*k*n f3 of 1980 only synced to 1/80!" > > > > But the much earlier Nikkormats synced at 1/125th. > > > > -- > > David Morton > > dmorton@journalist.co.uk > > > > " > >But the Nikkormats didn't have a horizontal cloth shutter. BTW the F3's >shutter is horizontal but not cloth. > > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html