Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] stealing
From: "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 10:30:32 -0700

Rob,

That's ashame.  For weddings I keep my on high speed.  I can hear it and its
twice as fast.
Other than that, my Rolleis or Rapid-Omegas work the rest of the time.

Peter K

> ----------
> From: 	Rob McClure[SMTP:mcclure@udata.com]
> Reply To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Sent: 	Friday, October 15, 1999 7:32 PM
> To: 	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: 	Re: [Leica] stealing
> 
> Peter,
> 
> That "silent" rewinder on the A2 has its downside as I discovered while
> opening the back on my A2 while it was still rewinding.  This happened
> during the excitement of a wedding shoot.  Needless to say, the bridal
> party wasn't excited about reshooting the better part of a 36 exposure
> roll and being late for the reception.  Fortunately, none of the actual
> wedding ceremony pictures were on the roll.  That was the final straw
> (after a malfunctioning flash off-camera cord and other EOS glitches). 
> I have returned to all mechanical cameras (except for my beloved Hexar).
> 
> Rob McClure
> 
> 
> Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote:
> > 
> > I agree.  There is also a silent mode for rewinding which keeps it
> quieter
> > than others <SNIP>
>