Shel wrote: > BTW, just a small point - the shutters on DSLR cameras are electronic, or > electronically controlled. So they are not purely mechanical in the sense > that Spotmatic-era cameras were. I'm sure you're aware of that, and that's > what you meant. But as long as we may be going down this path, let's be > clear about our definitions and terms.
To me anything that has moving parts is at least partly mechanical as opposed to an IC chip which (I think) is purely electronic. I guess I should have said "electronically controlled, vertical-run, metal blade, focal plane shutter". ;-)
