Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Nikon QUILTED!
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 14:36:42 -0800
 
Ken Iisaka wrote:
> 
> > Nikon went to the titanium shutter curtains with the F. The Nikon RFs
> > were all cloth shuttered, like the Leicas.
> 
> The first few hundred Fs had cloth shutter curtains, unofficially.  The
> later SPs which were produced alongside Fs had titanium shutters, as
> well as black S3s which were produced in 1963.  If the cloth shutter was
> damaged, Nikon replaced it with titanium, so you occasionally see S2,
> early SPs, chrome S3s and S4s with titanium curtain.
> 
> I have heard of someone attempting to retrofit a titanium curtain in a
> Leica body.  I do not know whether it was successful or not. (now on
> topic!)

I seem to remember the F2 had a QUILTED titanium shutter. Remember that quilted
aluminum foil!
Mark Rabiner