Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6E
From: john <bosjohn@mediaone.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:52:16 +0000

Mikiro wrote:
> 
> Pierre,
> Leica says that they will use the same (or comparable) "slow"
> horizontal-travel shutter system, suggesting that the speeds will be the
> same.  I would assume that they will use the same body shell (i.e., manual
> advance).
> 
I imagine they would do it much like Olympus did when they brought out the
OM2. It fetures a cloth horizontal focal plane shutter that has magnetic
releases and a simple timer. I shouldn"t think this would be diffacult for
Leica to do.
John shick