Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Luggers, I was visiting my favorite repairman yesterday and thumbed through the May 1991 issue of the now defunct magazine Darkroom Photography. In it was an article on Robert Frank. At the time he was using "two M-6s with a twist, a 5 degree meter." I took that to mean he had a new curtain installed with a smaller circle on it. I don't know of any 5 degree spot meters except for the 5 degree attachments for Minolta flash meters. Frank using one of those seems to improbable to me. It also stated he uses 35mm and 50mm Summiluxes, 90 Tele-Elmarit and the 135 2.8 Tele-Elmarit. The portrait of him for the article shows him sporting a M-series and a LTM model camera. The picture was too small and not sharp enough for me to identify which models. I wonder if it is possible and what it would cost to special order curtains with smaller diameter circles. Or whether a black permanent marker of some sorts could be used to modify the shape and size of the circle on the existing curtain. Any brave volunteers?????? Duane Birkey HCJB World Radio Quito Ecuador ***** Message Was Scanned For Viruses *****