Originally posted by LesDMess I have read a lot of the Maitani reports but have not seen one with this perspective. Could you provide a link if you have it?
Hi Les, nice Nikons by the way......I went over my stored material and I cant find the article I read. I can recall the article as it was related go the escapement gear in the floor of the mirror box and it stated that the way the gear was set up in that location was one of the reasons Maitani disliked the final design.
Thats would seem an odd reason to dislike it as Maitani was reputed to like the Leica approach to things and apparenty thats where Leica put their escapements....dont know that for a fact never having owned a Leica much less messed about with one taking it to bits.
I cant find the article but as I generally only keep articles which are of use for repair thats not surpising. I did a quick search on links I have but cant find it but was definitely on a repair forum related to jammed slow speeds.