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Re: [OM] mechanical and electrical shutter

Subject: Re: [OM] mechanical and electrical shutter
From: "Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 08:05:44 EST
>The mechanical shutter can be very accurate like the Nikon FE2, all
>shutter has two things (or more?) to control the shutter speed, the
>first one is the shutter traveling speed, like the OM it is 11ms and
>Nikon FE2 is 3.3ms, it is mechanically controlled. The second one is
>the slit width, it is electronically controlled for electrical
>shutter. The most critical one (or the one that will affected by
>aging) is the traveling speed, it is spring controlled. 
>

The FE2 is an electronic camera. The FM2 is mechanical.

Be seeing you.


Dirk Wright

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