Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:08 PM 24/09/01 -0700, you wrote: >There once was a line of thought that horizontal shutters gave a more >pleasing perspective for horizontally moving subjects than vetical shutters. >Something called focal plane shutter distortion which occurs when the >subject is moving while the shutter slit is travelling its course. The >... >That, I beleive, is one reason why only the consumer models (e.ge. >Nikkormat) had vertical travelling shutters and the professional models had >horizontal shutters (e.g. F, F2, F3). I think the main reasons for the horizontal shutters on these (or similar) models was longer experience with the design and better adaptability to motor drives. Flash sync and availability from suppliers like Copal or Seiko may have been main factors in use of vertical shutters on other models. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html