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 sh
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Lähettäjä: Bob Walkden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Vastaanottaja: Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Päivä: 18. maaliskuuta 2001 15:43
Aihe: Re: KM (and other K bodies): Stepless shutter?
>Hi,
>
>by 'stepless' do you mean between the click-stops o
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, o
I believe you'll find all of the pure mechanial bodies
to be stepless. The detents are in the dials only, and not
in the mechanism. The linkage is linear between them --
there are no gear swaps like in a transmission. The net
result is that, if you want an exact result based on a
spot meter rea
A scroll of mail from Collin Brendemuehl
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 18 Mar 2001 18:01:11 -0500
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>I believe you'll find all of the pure mechanial bodies
>to be stepless. The detents are in the dials only, and not
>in the mechanism. The linkage is linear between them --
>there are no ge
I'm still awaiting the final word on whether the
K-bodies have stepless shutters; I've gotten replies
both ways so far. Hopefully some old cranky guy
who hates all the "new-fangled" stuff will give
me the definative answer.
One thing that's nice about the KM and K1000, IMHO,
is that the meter su
I haven't been called an "ol' salt" in a long time. I still have a set of
salty utilities hanging in a closet to prove I earned the nickname way back
when.
I have only a few years less time than Len with Pentax, and I still use the
same Spotmatic I bought way back in '67 or '68. I think it was
Lon Williamson writes:
> I'm still awaiting the final word on whether the
> K-bodies have stepless shutters; I've gotten replies
> both ways so far. Hopefully some old cranky guy
> who hates all the "new-fangled" stuff will give
> me the definative answer.
I'm not old and I'm not always cranky
Mark Roberts wrote:
> Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I'm still awaiting the final word on whether the
> >K-bodies have stepless shutters...
>
> I have a disassembled K1000 on my work bench now. I'll
> investigate and report back in a day or two.
Mark, have you had a chance to "f
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