Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/05

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Subject: [Leica] Photokina _ The lens on Tom's RD1
From: leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric)
Date: Tue Oct 5 03:08:08 2004
References: <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNGEDKAFAB.red735i@earthlink.net> <31627EA2-16A4-11D9-8EFC-0003938C439E@btinternet.com>

Why do digital cameras need a shutter at all?

Eric


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Photokina _ The lens on Tom's RD1


> All the digicams with teensy sensors have the video style chips with 
> "continuous" output so people can hold them out at arm's length and get 
> shaky pix :-)
> All the serious cameras with large chips, including the RD1, need a 
> shutter.
> 
> 
> On 5 Oct, 2004, at 03:04, Frank Filippone wrote:
> 
>> What shutter?  you don't need no stinking shutter in a digital camera.
>> There is need for a sensor cover.  A motor to uncover a sensor that 
>> only
>> needs to be covered when you change lenses?  Sounds like overkill.
>>
>> I missed the original posting in this..... can someone point me to the
>> proper archive for the Zeiss M camera?
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>
>> It is not fake. The shutter has to be cocked. There is no motor to do
>> it in the base camera.
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from alaxsxaq at gmail.com (Glenn Stauffer) ([Leica] Photokina _ The lens on Tom's RD1)
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