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Subject: [Leica] FYI
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Tue Sep 19 18:00:08 2006

Hello Gene. At least I got that part right, but I also thought that the F3 
shutter blinds were cloth, which they ain't. And I was
looking at one when I typed that.
I've never seen a problem with any of the vertical shutters in the old 
Nikons, either. I understand that many of the later manual
focus 35mm camera (OEM made?) models, not designed for motor drives, use a 
pretty standardised unit. I think it may be a Copal
design? Not the same as the titanium marvels of the FMs and FE2s. I was very 
surprised when Jeffery explained that he has had
multiple problems with those fitted to CV cameras and the ZI RF. That's 
scary and doubly so when the ZI is priced quite a bit above
the CV stuff. Hey I just had my 1954 M3 CLA'd and they tell me the top 
shutter speed was operating at 1/4000th sec!
Who needs a stinkin' vertical metal shutter.

Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
grduprey@mchsi.com
Sent: Wednesday, 20 September 2006 09:27
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] FYI

Hoppy,

Yup, youre right!  I must have been dreaming of the M8.  ;-)

However the R4SP, and my R8, and all R series camera bodies have teh 
vertical shutter and all work very reliably.  Actualy, I think
the old Nikkormat Ftn had a vertical shutter also.  Mine never failed.

Gene


-------------- Original message from "G Hopkinson" 
<hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>: -------------- 


> Gene that F3 shutter isn't very vertical, unless you're lying down! 
> 
> Cheers 
> Hoppy 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> grduprey@mchsi.com 
> Sent: Monday, 18 September 2006 02:44 
> To: Leica Users Group 
> Subject: RE: [Leica] FYI 
> 
> Jeffery, 
> 
> I hqave been using SLRs with vertical shutters for years, both Nikon (F3) 
> and 
> Leica (R4S 
> P and R8) and they have all been extreemly reliable. I think the R8/9/M8 
> shutter is a Leica design in conjunction with a Japanese 
> shutter manufacturer. I don't even worry about it. 
> 
> Gene 
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message from "Jeffery Smith" : 
> -------------- 
> 
> 
> > I've been guilty of not following the M8 thread (it's hard to read 2,000 
> > posts in two days). But I did take a look at this site you posted. I had 
> > held off on buying the Epson digital rangefinder because it has the 
> > damned 
> > metal vertical (cha-ching) shutter that seems prone to jamming (I've had 
> > 2 
> > Bessas and 1 Zeiss Ikon go belly up due to the jammed shutter). Now that 
> > I've seen a pelvic exam of the M8 next to the M7, I see that the M8 has 
> > a 
> > vertical metal shutter (Auggghh!). Does anyone know if it is the same 
> > brand 
> > as the jammomatic in Bessas and Zeiss Ikons? 
> > 
> > Jeffery Smith 
> > New Orleans, LA 
> > http://www.400tx.com 
> > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org 
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of A. 
> > Lal 
> > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:25 AM 
> > To: Leica Users Group 
> > Subject: [Leica] FYI 
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/m8report/t006.html 
> > 
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