Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Bob, I set the shutter in three ways and listened:
> 1 second
> Between 1 and 1/2 second
> 1/2 second
>
>There was clearly a difference between the three.
>I've read that these older manual cameras typically
>use two mechanisms for shutter speed, one for synch
>speed and below, and one for faster shutter speeds.
Actually, the low speed mechanism comes in at 1/15th and below
not 1/30 and below, at least on the KX/KM/K1000. I've not (yet)
torn into the shutter timing mechanism of one of these far
enough to determine exactly what goes on. Someday when I get the
time...
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