Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > The way the sensor works is to open up ALL the (electronic) gates of the array at the > same time, and to keep those gates open until the "close" signal is given. During > that period, the light is collected or integrated into a charge that is then measured > as the light hitting the array. The important issue is that all the array cells are > opened at the same time and closed at the same time. This does not preclude keeping the gates open for the entire time the slit shutter is making its traverse. > Am I right? Obviously, I think so. But unless I had access to the design team at > Solms, and further understood why they might do something that is pretty expensive > and not required for more than 1 mode ( and a pretty obscure one at that) , I'll stand > my ground. Frank there may be other design considerations that neither you nor I nor anyone else aside from Leica's engineering team is aware of and without specific knowledge of the shutter's operation anything we armchair engineers conclude is little more than speculation. Over and out. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .