Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 20 Sep 98, at 14:49, thomas boehm wrote: > ---Alastair Firkin wrote: ".... the need for fill flash in > > "low light" situations. Comment that professionals use fill flash in l= ow > > light, and need the added security of a slow syncronization speed to > > allow the effects of combining ambient light, then comment on how the > > vibration free shutter of the M6 is important in obtaining good sharp = images > > at low sync speeds, and go on to talk about the advantages of the rang= efinder in > > low light situations. Clearly the M6 TTL is not meant to fill in shado= ws in > > "normal" lighting conditions ----- you have the R8 for that ;-) > > thanks alistair - thats the point! > > all the lamentations about "the missing 1/250 sync-speed" on a M6 are > quite redundant. annother (electronic) shutter? no thanks! > > thomas b=F6hm, imst, austria > Referring to the Contax G2 literature for comparison you will find that in= order to achieve the 1/200th flash sync speed a vertical run multi-leaf shutter = was employed. Since there is no reflex mirror diverting and protecting this sh= utter from continuous exposure (as in SLR implementations) they have employed a secondary shutter in order to eliminate light leakage through the primar= y shutter leaves. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 Fax +61-2-9554-9259 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours audiob@ozemail.com.au