Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While it's not an SL, I did just recently find out when I bought an instruction manual that the shutter on an M4, which is from the same approximate time period as an SL, is variable, except between the shutter speeds of 1/8 and 1/15 sec. I always felt like I needed to make fine adjustments with the aperture. No I know that ain't so. > -----Original Message----- > From: EDMONDS/PIE/TomF On Behalf Of tomf > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 12:15 PM > To: leica-users > Subject: RE: [Leica] Leicaflex SL Shutter > > > > I was checking out a SL earlier this week at the local Leica dealer, > and I remembered that Doug and perhaps others had mentioned previously > here that the Leicaflex/SL/SL2 have a continously variable shutter. I > asked the Leica guy there about it and that was the first time he had ever > heard that before. Although he did admit that he wasn't really an expert > on these particular models. We looked through a couple references he had > behind the counter, but didn't see and mention one way or the other. Even > though the metering arm in the display moves continously between stops, he > was a bit skeptical that the shutter was stepless. Does anybody have a > reference that describes the shutter design, perhaps the original owners > manual? I've been frequently annoyed in the past with the whole shutter > speeds only on my R4 in manual mode. I would like to trade it the R4 in at > some point for a R7 or R8 which have half-speeds in manual, but that will > have to wait for awhile.TIA > > Tom Finnegan > Seattle