"Doug Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So the big deal is that Nikon is going to market as
> "new" a type of shutter that the LX used for twenty
> years?
Seth also said:
Not exactly. FM3A mechanical shutter is supposed to operate at all
shutter speeds. LX only works at above 1/75. Aside from that, LX
is still a better (and more expensive) camera.
I read in Spotmatic magazine (the Asahi Bible), that in the first time of
development of the LX camera, the shutter was a full hybrid design. It's,
operational at all speeds in batt-electro and no-batt-manual. This shutter was
after abandoned for the 1/75 and up for a matter of size and weight.
I think it's still great to have all this speeds available for emergency (1/75
to 1/2000), instead of just a poor 1/60 backup
Just my one and a half cent of proudy LX owner and user.
Albano
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