Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/01

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Subject: [Leica] Digital and similarity to Leica M - NOT Digital M
From: "Langhans, Aram" <araml@naches.wednet.edu>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 11:51:57 -0700

A question.  I don't own an Leica M, but I have read some tails of burning
holes in the shutter curtain while pointing the camera at the sun (by
accident, of course).

Well, in digital cameras that exist today can am going to assume that there
is no shutter?  Also, in the non-SLR digitals, there is no mirror.  So is it
possible to damage the sensor in a digital camera by focusing the sun's
image on the sensor since it is not "protected" by a mirror?  
Should one be concerned at putting a camera on a table with the lens pointed
where the sun can hit it?

Aram

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