J. C. O'Connell wondered:
> On the subject of leaf shutter lenses, WHY hasnt anyone ever
> designed Leaf shutter lenses for 35mm??? I only see them
> for medium and large format!!! I would love to have a 120mm
> F2.8 leaf shutter lens for my spotmatics and K bodies.
Well, first off, there are leaf shutter lenses in most
35mm rangefinders, aren't there?
As for 35mm _SLR_ leaf shutters, I did get a chance to
examine a curious old camera a friend of mine inherited.
It was an SLR with a leaf shutter. When the shutter was
fired, first the leaf shutter closed, then the mirror
flipped up, then the leaf shutter opened and closed again,
and finally the mirror returned and the leaf shutter re-opened.
Complicated but curiously fascinating. IIRC the leaf shutter
was in the body, not the lens.
-- Glenn
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