Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, there is a shutter in the X-E1. The shutter is normally open, so to take a photo the shutter closes, opens for the correct exposure time and closes again, then finally opens back up to enable live view mode again. This is typical behavior for a live view camera. If you are using an M 240 in live view, this is exactly what will happen; in rangefinder mode then the shutter will be like M's of old. Slow motion video showing how it works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV0iMoT-3F8 On 6/3/2013 10:46 AM, Robert Adler wrote: > Hi John, > IMO it's not. The X-E1 is noticeably faster. I am no EE, but I don't think > the X-E1 has a shutter: when I remove a lens I see the sensor. As the X-E1 > has no optical viewfinder, only the back LCD or the Electrical View Finder, > the exposure mechanics are probably quite different. Perhaps it's just a > timed electrical pulse? > Best, > Bob > -- Jay, Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> "A photographer is simply someone who is looking for something that can't be found. The photograph is the record of that attempt."