Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Ebay -- fact or fiction!
From: Stephen Gandy <leicanikon@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 09:24:03 -0800

haven't got the camera yet.  As I dimly recall from a Modern Photo article I
have not been able to find, the LED pre-flash increased B/W film sensitivity
2-3 stops.  Not sure how, or how well, it works in practice.  I plan to do a
future article on it.

Stephen Gandy

Jeremy Kime wrote:

> Bob,
> I was bidding on a weird 'user' M3 that had been converted, at some stage,
> to run with leds in the corner of the shutter case for hypersensitive
> pre-flashing of the film, or so I understood the explanation.
> However, some other guy comes along and snaps it from under my nose, and he
> a fellow Lugger to boot! Maybe we should invent some gentleman's rules
> here!! (only kidding...)
>
> How is that camera Stephen (Gandy)?
>
> best regards,
> Jem
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Bmceowen@aol.com[SMTP:Bmceowen@aol.com]
> > "User" items go pretty reasonably, too. A week
> > ago I let go what seemed like a really nice user M2 (with a CLA, upgraded
> > PC
> > sockets and rapid load kit). It sold for $660.
> >
> > Bob (Opps, sorry, you're right, there are no deals on ebay) McEowen
> >