Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/03

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Subject: [Leica] Why is the lowest shutter speed on a Leica M6 1/1000?
From: AppleMac97@aol.com
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:08:34 EDT

Martin:

I shoot a lot of TriX and TMax 400 in daylight, and also color films of 
similar or higher ISO.  With the M6, I am often forced to shoot at f16 and 
1/1000, when I would really like to shoot at say f2 or f4.  I like the 
shallow depth of field of those large apertures.  That's when I have to get 
the R8 out and rely on its top shutter speed of 1/8000 to shoot high speed 
film in daylight!  So, in these situations, it would be nice to have a 1/2000 
or 1/4000 shutter speed with the M6.  But I don't think that is going to 
happen anytime soon!   I am sure there are many Leica users who like to use 
their Leica lenses at the maximum aperture possible.  That's where Leica 
lenses are better than all the competitors! :-)

Sincerely,

Muhammad R.K. Chishty, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Finance
Graham School of Management
Saint Xavier University
3700 West 103rd St
Chicago, IL 60655, USA




<<<Subject: Re: [Leica] Why is the lowest shutter speed on a Leica M6 1/1000?
Message-ID: <01c14b24$03ef3a00$00007ac3@mz>
References: 

Hi Albert - and everyone!

Just another straightforward question - do you REALLY use shutter speeds
higher than 1000/sec??
I'm quite content with what I currently get get.

Yours
Martin>>>>
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