Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are quite correct, George. Leica did make the Model B (AKA model I) from 1926 to 1930. Comparatively few were made. The f3.5 50m Elmar lens was permanently attached to the camera, a fact that would temper its sweetness. I've never seen one, but I suspect they are high-priced collector's items. This info is from the Leica Manual c. 1956. Joe Stephenson. - -----Original Message----- From: George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Saturday, October 03, 1998 4:40 PM Subject: [Leica] Leaf Shutters >Re: lamenting over the 1/50 sync speed for the new M6TTL. Can anyone >update me on why leaf shutters are no longer made for the Leica. I may be >mistaken, but I thought that about 51 years ago they did make a lens with a >Compur shutter. Wouldn't that be sweet. Set the lens at 1/500, and get >TTL synch fill flash using fast film outdoors. Besides having to pay for >the extra cost of having lenses with built-in shutters, why isn't this >option available? > >