Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin wrote: > > To control the shutter in the M7, you need to have ( in this day > > and age) a > > uP.. it may be not too fancy, but it is in there some place..... > > Not really. It's best done with logic, IMO. But a micro in even the > smallest FPGA is trivial. > > Controlling the shutter is merely a clock input, shutter speed input, first > curtain release output, second curtain release output, shutter button input. > All it takes is a counter. The shutter speed input can come from the > shutter button, or the AE circuitry. > > BTW, that brings something up...is the shutter on the M7 completely > electronic? If so, then does the shutter button do anything mechanical, or > is it a "soft" button, like on other electronic cameras? > > Regards, > > Austin Austin, I don't know but they have the 2 mechanical speeds that work w/o the battery so I think it's mechanically actuated and timing controlled by electronics. Dennis - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html