[pure-silver] Re: old Leica and fast shutter speeds
- From: shannon stoney <sstoney@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:33:09 -0500
> > I have an old Leica rangefinder camera from the thirties. The other
>> day I took it to the beach and shot a roll of film at 1/1000 of a
>> second, because there was so much light. But, most of the frames are
>> only partially exposed on one side. Can I conclude that the shutter
>> just doesn't work at that speed? It seems to work fine at the more
>> usual speeds of 1/60th, 1/100th, etc. I wonder if this is a common
>> problem for old cameras.
>>
>
>
>A very common problem with older LTM cameras used at 1/1000 sec is the
>curtain either closing too early in it's travel. Remember, the slit (delay
>until the 2nd curtain releases) is VERY small at 1/1000 sec and it requires
>a very well cleaned and adjusted shutter to work consistantly at this speed.
>
>Has it had a CLA recently? Might be time.
It had a complete workover about a year ago, when it first came out
of the attic. But in early september it had a little accident. A
baby mule kicked it. His hooves were very small and it didn't hurt
much, so I assumed it didn't hurt the camera either. The camera was
hanging around my neck and his little hooves just came up under it
and sort of knocked it a little bit.
>
>BTW, it is better to use a tighter aperture setting than count on the
>highest shutter speed on these guys. What film?
TriX. The tightest aperture is about 12.5!
--shannon
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