[Leica] FYI

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Hoppy,

Yup, youre right!  I must have been dreaming of the M8.  ;-)

However the R4SP, and my R8, and all R series camera bodies have teh 
vertical shutter and all work very reliably.  Actualy, I think the old 
Nikkormat Ftn had a vertical shutter also.  Mine never failed.

Gene


-------------- Original message from "G Hopkinson" 
<hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>: -------------- 


> Gene that F3 shutter isn't very vertical, unless you're lying down! 
> 
> Cheers 
> Hoppy 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> grduprey@mchsi.com 
> Sent: Monday, 18 September 2006 02:44 
> To: Leica Users Group 
> Subject: RE: [Leica] FYI 
> 
> Jeffery, 
> 
> I hqave been using SLRs with vertical shutters for years, both Nikon (F3) 
> and 
> Leica (R4S 
> P and R8) and they have all been extreemly reliable. I think the R8/9/M8 
> shutter is a Leica design in conjunction with a Japanese 
> shutter manufacturer. I don't even worry about it. 
> 
> Gene 
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message from "Jeffery Smith" : 
> -------------- 
> 
> 
> > I've been guilty of not following the M8 thread (it's hard to read 2,000 
> > posts in two days). But I did take a look at this site you posted. I had 
> > held off on buying the Epson digital rangefinder because it has the 
> > damned 
> > metal vertical (cha-ching) shutter that seems prone to jamming (I've had 
> > 2 
> > Bessas and 1 Zeiss Ikon go belly up due to the jammed shutter). Now that 
> > I've seen a pelvic exam of the M8 next to the M7, I see that the M8 has 
> > a 
> > vertical metal shutter (Auggghh!). Does anyone know if it is the same 
> > brand 
> > as the jammomatic in Bessas and Zeiss Ikons? 
> > 
> > Jeffery Smith 
> > New Orleans, LA 
> > http://www.400tx.com 
> > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org 
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of A. 
> > Lal 
> > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:25 AM 
> > To: Leica Users Group 
> > Subject: [Leica] FYI 
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/m8report/t006.html 
> > 
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