Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I heard, somewhere along the way, that the F shutter curtains could be installed in a Leica M4. Anyone have any experience with that? Slobodan Dimitrov - ---------- >From: grduprey@rockwellcollins.com >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: Re[2]: [Leica] Fwd: Re: LUG metallurgist >Date: Sat, Jul 26, 2003, 9:24 AM > > > Kurt > > As I remember Nikon used Titanium in all F model shutters irregardless of > top shutter speed, but I'm sure it helped there also. > > Gene > > > > > > khmiska <khmiska@umich.edu> > > Sent by: To: Jerry > Lehrer <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo cc: > > -alto.ca.us Subject: Re[2]: > [Leica] Fwd: Re: LUG metallurgist > > > > > 07/26/2003 12:59 PM > > Please respond to > > leica-users > > > > > > > > > > Jerry, > thank you for your e-mail. Yes, our son reminded me yesterday that > Nikon used titanium in the focal plane shutters to achieve the 1/4000 > shutter speed. I forget the model but I believe the use of Ti was to > reduce the mass of the shutter and thus enable it to accelerate more > rapidly. > Regards > Kurt > -- > Kurt H. Miska > GERMAN BUSINESS TRANSLATIONS > Ann Arbor, Michigan > khmiska@umich.edu > http://www-personal.umich.edu/~khmiska/ > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html