Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/27

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Subject: Re:[Leica] Tom Shea's comparison M6 vs. G2
From: Dominique PELLISSIER <pelliss@droit-eco.u-nancy.fr>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 14:26:25 +0200

>From: c.blaue@bmsg.de
>Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 09:01:18 +0200
>Subject: [Leica] Tom Shea's comparison M6 vs. G2
>
>Tom,
>I just visited your great site at
>http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/photo/index.html. It contains really lots of
>information as well as impressive pictures.=20
>
>You have done a good comparison of the M6 and Contax G2. However, one th=
ing
>irritates me: You state, that the shutter of the M6 might be off by 1/3 =
(or
>even more?). I never expierienced this myself, though I do lots of slide=
s.
All
>tests I have seen show the Leica shutter as ultra precise, with a
deviation of
>less than 10%. Since I have no other sources of information than my own
>expierience, the LUG, and test reports I would like to know if you have =
these
>problems regularly?
>
>Best wishes
>christoph
>
M6 n=B0 1666706, control of the shutter speed with a spectron:
nominal speed (measured speed) : 1000(952),500(483),250(236),
125(124),60(65),flash (53),30(32),15(16),8(8.7),4(4.4),2(2.3),1(1.02).
Dominique Pellissier