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Old April 2nd 04, 01:30 PM
Bob Salomon
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Default Focal plane vs. leaf shutters in MF SLRs

In article ,
"Roland" wrote:

This is probably the most important reason why a leaf
shutter can not be used in this way and why it has to exist in the lens near
where the diaphram is.


No the leaf shutter is placed where it is as small as necessary.

And the overriding benefit to the leaf shutter is optimal flash synch so
you can balance ambient and flash light to whatever ratio you want.

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