Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many of the early aperture priority SLRs had cloth shutters -- The OM 2 and the Pentax ES, to name two. As for noise, I think the sound of the R8's shutter without the mirror is at least as quiet as the M. Just try setting an M to 1 sec. and R8 to one second with mirror up, and compare. There is a difference to the sound, but I'd be hard out to say one was quieter than the other. Now as long as we are dreaming, if Rollei put a rangefinder and an M mount on the QZ35, as Konica did to the Hexar, we'd really be in business! Tom - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Lee" <chrislee@mac.com> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 1:07 AM Subject: [Leica] Aperture Priority M6+Leica Medium Format > What an interesting article that Rob has pointed to us! > > Now, is it possible to build an aperture priority M6 with a cloth shutter? > (Probably not.) I wouldn't mind an AE M6, but I much prefer the silent > operation of a cloth shutter. > > On the other hand, I think Leica is in the right direction to consider > medium format. Afterall, it's becoming harder and harder to sell the R8, a > camera which I really like, when a Contax 645 can produce vastly superior > images in a similar size and weight (if the R8 is equipped with a > motordrive). Afterall, many if not most buy a Leica for its image quality, > something that will be increasingly difficult to justify. > > Regards, > > Chris > >