Re: most serviceable (practical) screw mount camera

[William Robb]

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From: "Tiger Moses" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: most serviceable (practical) screw mount camera


> At 10:41 PM 1/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >I've got an SP500 and an SP1000 that have performed admirably
for me for
> >ages.  The big difference is that the 500's top shutter speed
it 1/500
> >and the 1000's is, you guessed it, 1/1000.
>
> I have always heard the SP500 had a click past 500 onthe dial
and it was 1/1000,
> it was easier to label as a lesser camera to make it cheaper,
than to
> actually make
> a crippled shutter...can you verify?

The 1000 second wasn't calibrated, so wasn't guaranteed
accurate.
William Robb


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