Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/29

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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss-Ikon RF
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Fri Feb 29 07:17:45 2008
References: <20080228110211.360D7382C347@320.hostserv.eu> <C3EC4A3D.159AF%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk> <001501c87a01$4d42d280$6401a8c0@asus930> <aed41d690802280438j7a5cb6c9sc6a2458db6789b0f@mail.gmail.com> <25D0BCB3-FE8F-470D-99FD-723B42542357@cox.net> <aed41d690802290530x1983a02ev7d6f8111e3ae014c@mail.gmail.com> <6EC78D5F-B4C6-440D-98A0-8C68CBECB442@cox.net>

I don't think that the "rachet" feature was ever quite perfected.

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:

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> On Feb 29, 2008, at 6:30 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
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> > With the Cosina cameras, it seems that, if you don't *completely*
> > advance
> > the lever, it is prone to jam in the almost advanced position. Every
> > single...
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> that may be true , though I havn't had that occur.
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> It's poetic justice that I bought mine in Paris, to replace a jammed
> M7...
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> Steve
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> > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net>
> > wrote:
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> >> On Feb 28, 2008, at 5:38 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> >>
> >>> Mine went belly up after 3 rolls
> >>
> >> wow !
> >>
> >> I am impressed Jeffery...
> >>
> >> you have had an amazingly high  C/P* ratio...
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> >> how do you account for it?
> >>
> >> ;-)
> >>
> >> Steve
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> >> *catastrophe/photo...
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> >>> , the result of a jammed film advance. Had
> >>> to be shipped back to Japan for a fix, a 4-month ordeal. I same some
> >>> money
> >>> and go for the auto-exposure Bessas. Same company building them, and
> >>> far
> >>> less expensive while not having far lower quality.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Jeffery L. Smith
> >>> New Orleans, LA
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Leica Users Group.
> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
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> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >
> > --
> > Jeffery L. Smith
> > New Orleans, LA
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Leica Users Group.
> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>
> best wishes,
>
> Steve Barbour
>
> "I never wanted to be famous"
>
> I just completed this book, and it will be out soon.
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> kididdoc@cox.net
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-- 
Jeffery L. Smith
New Orleans, LA

In reply to: Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Zeiss-Ikon RF)
Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] Zeiss-Ikon RF)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Zeiss-Ikon RF)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Zeiss-Ikon RF)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Zeiss-Ikon RF)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Zeiss-Ikon RF)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Zeiss-Ikon RF)