RE: [Leica] What's loud?

["Stewart, Alistair" <AStewart@gigaweb.com>]

Mike,

the loudness of the Leica R/F's is largely due to the tension set up in the
shutter/brake system.

Sherry K tends to set them up tight, and hence a little louder than others,
ceteris paribus (which last assumption is unlikely to hold when we're
dealing with 45-50 year old cameras).

Don G. sets them up in the middle range.

Peter Grisafi sets up up s o f t.

Interestingly, the tension seems to reflect the personalities of the
repairers.

I just had a virgin 111f b/d CLA'd, I doubt that it had ever seen a roll of
film before I got my hands on it. It really shouldn't be used, but at $100 +
the cost of a CLA, it is irresistable. Of all the LTM's I've used, it is the
quietest. It is noticeably quieter than any of my M's, which range in age
from 44 to 1.

Plus, with a canon 50/1.8, it produces results from Tri-X that are
indistinguishable at 11x14 from my current R or M 50 'cron.

Alistair 

- -----Original Message-----
From: Mike Johnston [mailto:michaeljohnston@ameritech.net]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 2:51 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] What's loud?


>>>Rough translation: "The Leica M concept defines itself by the
determining
criteria of silence. On this point the RF isn't better than reflex types

(for example certain EOS models)"<<<

That isn't terribly helpful...the old Elan and A2 models are very quiet
indeed, whereas the EOS-1 is quite loud. This could also constitute a
certain M-centric "crowing" since the fixed-lens Hexar is more silent
than the Leica M6.

My "new" screwmount IIIf is louder than the M6, too.

Again, I think people will have to hear for themselves before concluding
that the Hexar RF is "loud...loud...loud," as one of us did the other
day. I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just saying we don't really have
sufficient information yet.

- --Mike