I think that shutter design is the reason that they last forever. I assume
that the lever does nothing more complicated than changing the tension on a
spring.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Might be of interest to Olympus list EP 2
> Yes, until the name was used for unremarkable and conventional cameras
> later on, in both East and west Germany. The Exa, however, is right handed
> apart from the trigger. But it does have a strange shutter mechanism where
> the mirror acts as a shutter. That accounts for the top speed of 1/150th.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
>
> On 07/01/2011, at 4:35 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
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>> To the best of my knowledge, all of the Exaktas were left-handed. At
>> least,
>> my two were of the southpaw variety.
>
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