Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- -:> Mark wrote: - -:> -:> Lucien wrote: - -:> -:> "Carleton, Sam" wrote: - -:> -:> P.S. Does anyone know why Leica has never - -:> -:> updated the shutter in the M6? Nikon has had a - -:> -:> manual shutter with a 1/250 flash sync in the - -:> -:> FM2 for over ten years now. Has Leica ever - -:> -:> given a reason for not updating the shutter? - -:> -:> Sam, - -:> -:> The noise. - -:> -:> Lucien - -:> It's already up and does not need a date.... - -:> The Leica shutter is a legendary device of great - -:> history and hype spoke of in reverent whispers buy - -:> people who should know better but can't help - -:> themselves. You wanna fix it? First establish - -:> that it is broke. - -:> It would seem that for Leica a shutter of - -:> different specifications is not a priority. - -:> The Leica shutter is an amazing classic. It's a - -:> main reason people buy the camera. I have stated a few times already, but I will again. I am new to Leica shooting, for fifteen years I have wanted to shoot with a M6. I acquired my M6 a month ago... The Lecia shutter is the main reason people buy the camera? What? The shutter is the number one complaint I have with the camera. From what I have read, the shutter is not even accurate at high speeds. I think it was in LUG that I read someone say that they have request a repair shop to set the 1/1000 to 1/900 or 1/800 because the shutter simply cannot maintain a 1/1000. I am more then willing to admin ignorance here, please enlighten me to what is so great about this shutter other then the fact it is quite and physically small. I would be willing to bet that if Leica really wanted to, they could make a shutter with at least a 1/125 flash sync and a top shutter speed of 1/200 and keep it as quite, if not quieter then the current shutter. - -:> A 50th of a second sync is fine for them it's not - -:> a camera in which people who shoot flash at high - -:> noon from a distance flock to. If you respond to - -:> this message make your you don't snip mine all out - -:> or the original asker will never see it. Oh, I am the original asker:) Sam