Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bud Cook wrote: >>> I suspect few posters have much experience with Leicaflexes and their crank arm mechanism for controlling mirrors. Personally, I always found that the SL and SL/2 allowed much lower shutter speeds than the various Nikon F's that I owned. I also found that hand held Leicaflexes can do as well as M's because of their added bulk. <<< Hmm.. I don't think I ever used the MLU on the Leicaflex I had... but on the SL's the usable slow shutter speeds are slower than on the N**** F I had previously. The mass of the body (and the early R lenses) had something to do with it, but the SL has always impressed me as a very smooth camera. Another factor is the aperture mechanism. The forces required to stop the aperture blades is imparted by the lens assembly in the case of the N**** lens, which can shake the glass stuff relative to the camera, where on the R lenses the same force is supplied by the lens barrel which is more directly connected to the camera body (usually much more mass) than to the lens assembly. IMHO, a 35mm camera is a hand-held camera for which MLU is pointless (easy Jim, no flames please) but if you're going to use it on a tripod, use the MLU wherever possible!! Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt