Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, that variable accurate shutter that 'isn't going to happen' is I believe similar to the one you'll find in an R8/9. If you look at the speed dial of _that_ camera you'll see that the fastest speed is 1/8000th! Dpreview are correct. The sync speed is shutter dependant - the faster the shutter blades can move the faster the sync speed can be. Steve On 27/12/06 03:30, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > > The shutter COVER, or what you might call a shutter, does not do anything > to > the exposures. If it did, Leica would have to make an > infinitely variable shutter accurate to 1/8000 of a second, and keep it in > calibration. Ain't going to happen. Nikon proved that > in the 8008 and other cameras. > > > dPreview does not add any information. I am sure they are nice guys, but > technically, anyone that claims the reason a M8 can have > higher synch speed than a M7 is because of a different shutter is just > plain > not correct. The synch is digitally controlled as are > the gating functions of the sensor. There is no mechanical association in > a > M8. There is in any previous film oriented M ( or > LTM)..