Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:34 PM 1/20/98 -0500, you wrote: > You mention that an SLR "goes thru a complex series of time-consuming > coordinated mechanical functions before the shutter fires," but surely > that difference from an M camera is merely a matter of milliseconds; > otherwise Nikon photographers would have a reputation for missing the > precise moment of action (which, as far as I know, they do not). Actually the difference is quite significant. The Leica M6 is much faster than any camera on the market, and belive it or not, Pop Photo did a test on just such a subject, and the Leica was more predictable and faster in response and took the picture closer to the right moment. By a matter of 100 MS or more. That's 1/10 of a second, not thousandths. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch What is the probability that something will happen according to the odds?