Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>>>>>>>>> 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. <<<<<<<<<< So what! Nikon "destroyed" some 30 years of horizontal shutter "tradition" in their F line by going to a vertical shutter in the F4. And they've never looked back. I'm not saying that a vertical travel shutter is the right thing for the M6. I don't know if it is. But let's not exclude the possibility of what might be an improvement just because it's never been done. And as for electronics, I believe the Contax G cameras have proven that in the 1990s electronics can very much be made to fit an M-sized body. Larry