Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Aperture Priority M6+Leica Medium Format
From: John Hicks <jbh@magicnet.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 13:02:37 -0400
 
At 01:07 AM 7/6/00 -0700, you wrote:

>Now, is it possible to build an aperture priority M6 with a cloth shutter?

  Of course it is; look at the OM-4 for an example of a very small camera
(SLR) that has AE and a horizontally-running cloth shutter.

  But that would be giving up one of the most important parts of an M
camera; the mechanical shutter that runs just about forever and doesn't
need batteries.



John Hicks

jbh@magicnet.net
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