Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recall, during the "low down" max-deterioration period of the "deuce" (42nd Street, as it was called by the insiders who inhabited it), that I rigged a "N" 8008 with an electronic remote. . .which went from the camera, under my belt and into my right pocket. With a 24mmAF and a bubble level mounted in the hotshoe, I could level and shoot by glancing down slightly. (camera around my neck, of course). Took a lot of pictures this way, but somehow it wasn't very satisfying. Not actually looking through the finder negated the photographic experience. While I was able to "record" shots immposible to get, under those circumstances, any other way. . .they were as if someone else shot them. It was fun looking at the contacts to see what I had recorded. Every once in a while there would be a "keeper". . but it was more like "shotgun and see what you hit". I sold the "N" a long time ago and rely on thru-the-finder Leica shots ever since. I wonder if street shooting using a TLR Rollei would effective. You DO look down, but you ARE composing. . .hmmm. . .interesting. (strange, I had one for a while, but never took it to the street.) Sam