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Re: [OM] OM3Ti tops Contax RTS3 & Leica R8

Subject: Re: [OM] OM3Ti tops Contax RTS3 & Leica R8
From: Denton Taylor <denton@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 20:49:58 -0400
At 03:46 PM 7/21/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Denton,
>
>Are the shutters of the Contax and Leica mechanical or electronic?
>I know the 3ti is one of the last truly mechanical 35mm shutters.  I
>know that generally speaking a true quality mechanical shutter is much
>more rugged than just about any electronic shutter.  I know a few
>skydivers who love the OM3 & OM3ti for this reason. BTW they also like
>that 8mm fisheye. Not much hand held spherical VR from these guys.
>
>
They are electronic. So to make it apples-to-apples, they should use the 4ti,
with its electronic shutter, right?

Or they could have used the Leica R 6.2, which has also a mechanical shutter.


But this mag does everything on price, I think... Some of their testing
methodologies are weird...



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Denton Taylor

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Panoramas and Immersive Imaging at
        www.threehundredsixty.com


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