Re: [Leica] Rangefinder or SLR?

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

I have speculated that the reason I can consistently get very sharp pictures
with my Rollei 35 at 1/2 sec is that the compur shutter has the balance of
the same amount of mass going all directions at the same time.

Roland Smith
- -----Original Message-----
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>;
leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder or SLR?


>Roland Smith wrote:
>>It is important to note that you used 1/8 sec hand held.
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>>I have hand held my Leicas, both LTM and M, successfully at one second
with
>>acceptable negatives when enlarged to at least 8"X10".
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>>With Pentax, Canon and Nikon SLRs I get fuzzy negatives at anything slower
>>than 1/30 and even at 1/30 I can have problems.   Too much mass is moving.
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>I have wondered for a long time why I can handhold for even up to 1 second
>with a RF and still get acceptably sharp pics whereas anything longer than
>1/8 sec on my SLR gets fuzzier shots.
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>I am now inclined to think that having no blackout at the time of exposure
>results in a steadier disposition and less handshake.
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