Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> Austin stated in part: >> >It is almost impossible to accurately measure a leaf shutter at >> high speed, >> >with reasonable tolerance, without some very exotic equipment. >> >> I don't think so. >> >> Put film in the camera and expose it. Inspect the film. > >That doesn't give you any measurements. It's also not the way shutter speed >testing works. The statement was made the shutter was tested to be %100 >accurate, which is different than "I shot a roll from f2 to f22 at 1/1000 >and every exposure was perfect". It's also not that easy to accurately >control shooting f2 to f22 using the same shutter speed. > > Right! You are right. And this is a really silly thread. What I'm saying is: IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT THE SHUTTER SPEED IS TO THE LAST TINY PERCENTAGE. If it exposes your film consistently, just go make pictures. Henry