Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The FM2 has a vertical multi-bladed shutter mechanism which allows it to sync faster. My Canon F1n's have a single piece Titanium horizontal curtains and they only sync to 1/90. If you want a 1/250 sync, you need a vertical shutter. While I would like metal curtains in the M-6. Would a good vertical shutter unit would actually fit in the current M-6 shell. My understanding is that there isn't space for extra electronics. Besides that, it would destroy some 70 years of the Leitz shutter design tradition: committing heresy by collectors standards at least. For shooting with an M-6........ Flash????? What's that?????? Duane Birkey HCJB World Radio Quito Ecuador >>>How, pray tell, would a 250 flash sync speed or intermediate shutter >>>speeds clutter up an M6? > >> And lose the rubberized cloth shutter that people wax ecstatic over? : ) >> Honestly, though, there is no adding "just one more feature". Adding >> electronic features seems to be a slippery slope down to a G2 facsimile. >The Nikon FM2 has 250 flash sync and is nearly as much a classic as the >Leica M--and still in the days of F5s, still being sold after something >like 25 years on the market, nearly unchanged. And nothing I mentioned >included electronic features--except of course a ttl meter for flash >like that on the R6. I assume you won't dream of using a M6, since it >includes electronic features (a meter) and is an instrument obviously on >the slippery slope. ~<(:-) >A good, solid, reliable 1/250 flash sync shutter has been available for >10-15 years. Leica M users are examples of nearly infinite patience.