FiZZ Posted July 11, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 11, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Anyone tell the difference? I thought all Leicas came with rubberized cloth but my M6 says otherwise. Differences? Does this make my M6 more susceptible to pinholes from the sun? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lars_bergquist Posted July 11, 2011 Share #2 Posted July 11, 2011 I would guess that your M6 manual does not say "un-rubberised cloth" but just "cloth". Meaning rubberised cloth, because a shutter curtain of un-rubberised cloth would transmit light. The old man from the Age of the Leica IIIa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 11, 2011 Share #3 Posted July 11, 2011 As to the pinholes from the sun, Leitz experimented with red material for the shutter curtains, supplied by Kodak/Graflex just before WWII (and into the war as long as stocks lasted) as it was thought to be more heat-resistant. It did not work out and they had to replace most of the shutters by black after the war. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted July 11, 2011 Share #4 Posted July 11, 2011 Any cloth shutter is in danger of pinholing, unless protected by a mirror as in a SLR. Use a front cap. Afaik, the red shutter material worked just fine. The stock did just run out, and there are still cameras with red shutter curtains that also work just fine. The sceptical old man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 11, 2011 Share #5 Posted July 11, 2011 Actually Leica ran an "upgrade program" after the war to replace the red (or half-red) shutters. And you are right, they ran out and switched to -as legend has it- black parachute fabric. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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