Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Why is the lowest shutter speed on a Leica M6 1/1000?
From: Adam Bridge <abridge@mac.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 11:26:07 -0700
 
on 10/1/01 8:21 AM, Dante Stella at dante@umich.edu thoughtfully wrote:

> Of course the disclaimer is that film speeds were much lower (Tri-X,
> at 200, was "fast") back in the 1950s, when the modern M shutter was
> designed.  But it has less of a place now, where the
> distinctive fingerprints of some famous of Leica lenses (Summilux 75,
> Noctilux, etc) are lost by f/2.8.

Okay, dumb question, why not use a high-quality neutral-density filter to
allow you to use the wider f-stops? Wouldn't this give you the flexibility
you need?

I'm interested to know what I'd be giving up.

Adam

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