the leaf-shutter isn't used today because of its flaws(slow, heavy, and cumbersome). Its really only good for studio-work since it allows for fast flash-sync speeds.
Theoretically, since the leaf-shutter mechanism is built into the lens and not the body, dSLR makers could make a leaf-shutter lens compatible with the modern dSLRs if they would support it. The real reason they probably don't is that modern electronic-shutters could do the same flash-sync speeds as leaf-shutters (the Nikon D70 being an example). The reason they don't implement a speed flash mode in their Live-view mode I don't understand.
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the leaf-shutter isn't used today because of its flaws(slow, heavy, and cumbersome). Its really only good for studio-work since it allows for fast flash-sync speeds.
Theoretically, since the leaf-shutter mechanism is built into the lens and not the body, dSLR makers could make a leaf-shutter lens compatible with the modern dSLRs if they would support it. The real reason they probably don't is that modern electronic-shutters could do the same flash-sync speeds as leaf-shutters (the Nikon D70 being an example). The reason they don't implement a speed flash mode in their Live-view mode I don't understand.