RE: [Leica] Leicaflex SL Shutter

[Tom Finnegan <tomf@piengr.com>]

I was checking out a SL earlier this week at the local Leica dealer, and I 
remembered that Doug and perhaps others had mentioned previously here that 
the Leicaflex/SL/SL2 have a continously variable shutter. I asked the Leica 
guy there about it and that was the first time he had ever heard that 
before. Although he did admit that he wasn't really an expert on these 
particular models. We looked through a couple references he had behind the 
counter, but didn't see and mention one way or the other. Even though the 
metering arm in the display moves continously between stops, he was a bit 
skeptical that the shutter was stepless. Does anybody have a reference that 
describes the shutter design, perhaps the original owners manual? I've been 
frequently annoyed in the past with the whole shutter speeds only on my R4 
in manual mode. I would like to trade it the R4 in at some point for a R7 
or R8 which have half-speeds in manual, but that will have to wait for 
awhile.TIA

Tom Finnegan
Seattle

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