Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shawn London wrote: > > > > >How, pray tell, would a 250 flash sync speed or intermediate shutter > >speeds clutter up an M6? > > And lose the rubberized cloth shutter that people wax ecstatic over? : ) > Honestly, though, there is no adding "just one more feature". Adding > electronic features seems to be a slippery slope down to a G2 facsimilie. The Nikon FM2 has 250 flash sync and is nearly as much a classic as the Leica M--and still in the days of F5s, still being sold after something like 25 years on the market, nearly unchanged. And nothing I mentioned included electronic features--except of course a ttl meter for flash like that on the R6. I assume you won't dream of using a M6, since it includes electronic features (a meter) and is an instument obviously on the slippery slope. ~<(:-) A good, solid, reliable 1/250 flash sync shutter has been available for 10-15 years. Leica M users are examples of nearly infinite patience. donal - -- Donal Philby San Diego http://www.donalphilby.com