Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, You know a Bessa is a Ford and a Leica is a BMW. Shutter will be fine. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" Subject: RE: [Leica] FYI > I've been guilty of not following the M8 thread (it's hard to read 2,000 > posts in two days). But I did take a look at this site you posted. I had > held off on buying the Epson digital rangefinder because it has the damned > metal vertical (cha-ching) shutter that seems prone to jamming (I've had 2 > Bessas and 1 Zeiss Ikon go belly up due to the jammed shutter). Now that > I've seen a pelvic exam of the M8 next to the M7, I see that the M8 has a > vertical metal shutter (Auggghh!). Does anyone know if it is the same brand > as the jammomatic in Bessas and Zeiss Ikons? > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com