Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] mechanical shutters
From: FIGLIO4CAP@aol.com
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 09:44:19 EST

In a message dated 11/8/00 6:41:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
summarex@yahoo.com writes:

<< While it makes sense at first, defending the mechanical shutter as more
 reliable in the long term than
 the electronic one is like like claiming that an old adding machine is more
 reliable than a pocket calculator. It isn't. >>

I think the real issue is the long-term availability of the integrated 
circuits, not that of individual transistors or diodes. These circuits do 
fail, although not very often.
Bob Figlio

Replies: Reply from Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com> (Re: [Leica] mechanical shutters)