Yes - I have the Modern Photography September 1982 issue right here. The top shutter speed of the FM2 is 1/4000 and - it is a bit difficult to decipher from the graph but I�d say the difference is about -10%, but actually faster than indicated. As I said in my introduction, old cameras are my speciality. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 18. tammikuuta 2002 20:22 Aihe: Re: Vs: Is SMC 55/2 K the best Pentax standard lens? (and 28mm ?) >Tests were conducted on mechanical shutters at Modern Photography in the late >70's?? I really cannot remember and don't have the magazines to reference. The >marked speeds less than 1/500th of a second were between 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop >out from marked. So most likely if you were shooting at 1/8000 were really >getting somewhere between 1/4000 and 1/6000 of a second etc. I don't think >that there's been much improvement in mechanical shutter design since then. > >At 05:53 PM 1/18/2002 +0100, you wrote: >>Hearsay. I suppose I can can find a test if you like. >>All the best! >>Raimo >>Personal photography homepage at >>http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen >> >>-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- >>L�hett�j�: Frantisek Vlcek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Vastaanottaja: David A. Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>P�iv�: 18. tammikuuta 2002 10:39 >>Aihe: Re: Is SMC 55/2 K the best Pentax standard lens? (and 28mm ?) >> >> >> > >> >I heard that most manual shutters can't get precise enough in the >> >super high speeds. That Nikon FM2's shutter isn't much precise in the >> >1/4000, really like 1/3000 or so. Makes sense. That's why electronic >> >shutters are for. >> > >> >Frantisek - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
