My M4 shutter curtain recently came uncrimped. I examined some of the threads that came loose (ripped away) and the material seemed to be made of silk. The threads were VERY fine and seemed VERY strong.

Did Leitz/Leica use silk for the shutter? Are they still silk? If not, what do you think its made of?

I think silk would be a good material for this application - strong and light.

-- chris chen (chrischen@msn.com), March 27, 2002

Answers

threads are indeed silk. doesn't eputs talk about the silk stitchin' in the m7 curtains in his review/advertisement of/for the m7??

-- roger michel (michel@tcn.org), March 27, 2002.