Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark.. your last comment is about how I expected the shutter to work.... electronically timed, electromechanical linkage to the mechanical shutter..... a real different shutter than we have had in the past..... the most interesting part is the ability to have a strobe be timed to hit a moving slit..... I can't say how hard this is, without electronic feedback for the mechanical shutter, and a very sophisticated timing device.... We are talking major advances in camera operation. Now for the good part..... Keep your M6.. it is the last of the mechanical M's. The M6, like even the lowly model A camera, is repairable in the far off future, with the exception of the metering circuit. You just make new parts for bits of metal..... This new camera, using sophisticated electronics, will not be repairable when electronic parts are gone.. It will NOT be a 50 year use camera. Head down, watching out for the incoming...... Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html