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Vickko

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.... is that I don't have to worry about burning a hole in the shutter any more.

And, this is important when I'm slinging a baby around, and have the camera slung somewhere around me. I have enough to think about, walking in the sun, without having to think of which direction the camera is pointed.

....Vick
 
True Vickko. That is nice. However, now you have to worry about the $10,000 hanging around your neck instead. ;)
 
I think there is no worry about the shutter burning so long as the lens is stopped down - or so I read somewhere.

I do make an effort to not let the camera point directly at the sun, just in case.

Randy
 
Baby on one arm, M9 on the other, I know who (not what) I'll be grabbing when there is an impending fall. 10k vs priceless, no question.

Maybe it's time I quit my job and started writing Visa advertisements. :D
 
Vickko said:
.... is that I don't have to worry about burning a hole in the shutter any more.

And, this is important when I'm slinging a baby around, and have the camera slung somewhere around me. I have enough to think about, walking in the sun, without having to think of which direction the camera is pointed.

....Vick
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One of the many reasons why I use a Hexar RF. One of the many many reasons.
 
technically, you can still burn a hole in the shutter—it just takes longer to do it.

i don't worry about it, never have since i've been shooting with Leica RFs in 1969, and i've never burned a hole in a camera's shutter.

I don't worry about the $10K worth of camera hanging around my neck either. The M9 is just a camera, albeit an expensive one. I insure it and use it, if someone steals it or it gets destroyed in use by accident, I get another one.

Best not to let equipment get in the way of photography.

G
 
I still haven't taken one photo with the M9 with the lens cap on. I suppose it will happen eventually. I've done it with every other M.
 
Wrong it is more dangerous than a cloth shutter - the shutter is from thin titanium, highly flammable, so you won't burn a hole but ignite the whole shutter - and the bodyshell is from a magnesium alloy, so your camera will burn up with a bright white flame....:p
 
I always thought this hole in the curtain is more of a myth than anything else.

I imagine if you leave your camera still on a table with the lens pointed directly toward the sun at small aperture and focused (I have no idea what the focus should be for this to work) it MIGHT work.

But while carrying it, forget it, no way!
 
starless said:
I always thought this hole in the curtain is more of a myth than anything else.

I imagine if you leave your camera still on a table with the lens pointed directly toward the sun at small aperture and focused (I have no idea what the focus should be for this to work) it MIGHT work.

But while carrying it, forget it, no way!
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Not all sun rays are created equal... ;)
 
starless said:
I always thought this hole in the curtain is more of a myth than anything else.

I imagine if you leave your camera still on a table with the lens pointed directly toward the sun at small aperture and focused (I have no idea what the focus should be for this to work) it MIGHT work.

But while carrying it, forget it, no way!
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Definitely not a myth. I know of at least three shutters that have had pinholes burned in them -- one of them was mine. It isn't hard to avoid with care, but it really can happen just carrying it around.
 
I used to carry my RF kit in a old diaper bag. After my kids were good with the potty.

(apropos of what I'm not sure)
 
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