Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You left out the comment about cost..... Whether C, N or L do it, you need to be a leader in this field, and having an expensive component like a fully operational, high accuracy shutter, is a waste of $$$ when it is not needed. Lucien, you may be right that the timing of exposures is done with the mechanical shutter, but I am not convinced. I do have an open mind, and will take input. I did also check out the Nikon D2Xs camera, and noticed similar wording to the M8. But Nikon as well did not comment on how the timing is done. I do not have a digital camera. I can not check this out. But if someone is willing to simply try out his digital brand L, C, or N camera and state that the mechanical shutter seems to increase in speed with increasing set of shutter speed, it will go a long way. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of lucien_vd@mac.com Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:58 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Best flash for M8? Frank, The Leica M8, the R8/R9, the Nikon F5 and other high-end cameras share basically the same shutter (variant of the same shutter). It is a very accurate shutter, working steplessly in A and P modes from 32s or 16s up to 1/8000s. With a synchro flash up to 1/250s (up to 1/300 on the Nikon F5). Which means that if in the A mode, the aperture set on the lens request a speed of 1/360, the shutter will provide it. Lucien Frank Filippone wrote : > In the case that Leica has made the gated function of the sensor > NOT the main timing ingredient, and uses the regular and slit > shutter to time the exposure, I have already made the argument that > the shutter would need to be of very high quality, timed, > accurate, etc. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information