Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're right. It was a joke. Sorry. Should have made that more clear. John Collier wrote: > If Tristan has never used a manual camera before, I can well understand his > pleasure at the new found control. We often forget how it was when we > discovered things for the first time. I remember. > > Please enjoy yourself and share it with us Tristan. > > Cheers, > > John Collier > > > From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu> wrote, > > in a lighthearted vein I am sure: > > > > > > One of the benefits of the Leica M cameras, and one that is seldom > > discussed is the useful 24x36mm image size. Other cameras might have > > gone to 24x65, but I am happy that Leica has stayed with 24x36 and not > > gone the way others have, with 24x34mm or 24x35.5mm frames. Those > > frames really upset the golden proportions of 2:3. > > > > Tristan Tom wrote: > > > >> One of the seldomly mentioned benefits of the Leica M camera is the > >> film loading/unloading system. For instance, I can easily rewind the > >> film by feel in order to leave the leader out. This is something that > >> most other cameras (esp. SLRs) have to either be programmed to do, or > >> in many cases, have to be sent to a service center to have modified > >> to leave the leader out (Nikon F100 is one example). > >> > >> With my Leica I often rewind the film without having shot the entire > >> roll. I leave the leader out, and mark which frame number I was at > >> and then put another kind of film in, etc..When I reload a half shot > >> roll of film, I shoot through to the frame number where I left off by > >> leaving the lens cap on, and setting the camera to the fastest > >> shutter speed, smallest aperature and focus at infinity. Seems to > >> work well! > >> > >> Tristan Tom > >> <http://www.tristan.net/> > >