Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been to some pretty remote places in this world - Northern Province Sudan is about as technologically deprived as it gets, and I can tell you, stores stop stocking film a long time about a thousand miles before they run out of batteries. Stuart Phillips - -----Original Message----- From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 11:15 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] 'this is how the photo business works.... Hey, Steve, I have to say I miss the point between making use of technological advances and dumbness. Many of the world's outstanding photographers are making wonderful, compelling images - in black and white and color - without using mechanical cameras of any type. Some times batteries die. And we replace them. Other times simple things like rewind cranks on Leica Ms get bent - and we are fooked until we can send the camera to a repair station. You makes your choices and you takes your chances. But dumb? Not likely. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve LeHuray Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 10:45 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] 'this is how the photo business works.... > I believe what he said - and I may be wrong - is that he had enough juice > for the meter, not enough to use the electronic shutter in any mode. And he > has since confirmed that he had a choice of the two mechanical speeds - - > 1/60th and 1/125th. > > Don't get me wrong, as a user of Nikon F100s I am hardly anti-battery > powered cameras. Just pointing out that don't think that if you're using an > M7 and the batteries fail everything is hunky dory because you have two > mechanical speeds. If you need a shutter speed lower than 1/60th, or higher > than a 1/125th, you might as well be wearing a brick around your neck, > because the M7 without batteries will be no more useful than the brick, and > costs a whole lot more.;-) > > B. D. ...seems like there is no free lunch with MORE technology. The more we have the dumber we become. sl > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html