Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's a lot easier to survive 400,000 exposures when the average M owner is probably shooting at one frame per week ;-), not 8 per second! :-) Seriously though, think about the fact that for the vast majority of Leica owners, whether pro or am, are shooting, and cocking the shutter much less often, and much more gently, than the motors in today's cameras are slamming the damn thing. So it's no surprise that the M shutter has twice the 'shot life.' :-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:04 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: leica digital back; now marketing will save Leica? On Apr 10, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Joseph Yao wrote: > Please excuse my ignorance - what does an 'overhaul' of a digital > camera > involve? Probably for the shutter. People take a lot more shots with digital than film, and even Nikon/Canon's pro cameras are only rated at 150,000-200,000 cycles. At my old job we just had the shutter on both Canon 1Ds units refurbished. Isn't an M rated at 400,000? :-) feli ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information