Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <jgp@gilplant.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 03 February 2003 23:57 Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Cloth Shutter Question > Great, so using an SLR you burn your eye instead :) > > Gilbert > > On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 01:41 PM, Frank Farmer wrote: > > > Dear Luggers, > > > > I have a question about an article I read in an unnamed publication > > about shooting photos with the sun in the background. Specifically, > > it read that you should use a SLR for this type photo and not a > > rangefinder with a cloth shutter because the sunlight may burn a hole > > in the cloth shutter. Is this possible? How likely is it that a > > M6ttl's shutter is going to be burned by the sun? > > > > As always, thanks in advance for any responses. > > > > Frank ======================================================================== Examples of the effects of a holed curtain. Only the 'cocked' curtain was holed so the longer the time between cocking the shutter and firing it the worse the effects of the holes. I could not see the holes in a darkened room with the lens out, back open (obviously) and a powerful torch in the lens cavity. Sonny Carter suggested I repeat the procedure but this time look at the curtain through a loupe. There were a dozen or more. I still cannot believe that could not see them without the aid of a loupe. http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/previews.html Graham - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html