Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] rolleiflex irritation
From: "Joe Codispoti" <joecodi@thegrid.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:50:36 -0800
References: <B6E57D13.8D68%john@pinkheadedbug.com>

The answer is to set the camera horizontally. But in the studio there is
nothing wrong for us shorties to stand on a ladder or stool (except for the
ego thing of course).

Joe C.




- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnny Deadman" <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
To: "Leica Users digest" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 8:11 PM
Subject: [Leica] rolleiflex irritation


> Allright, I will admit to one frustration with the Rolleiflex. When you
have
> it on a tripod at head height, as you might when taking a portrait of
> someone standing up for example, it is (a) impossible to focus without
> something to stand on and (b) next to impossible to change
shutter/aperture
> without something to stand on.
>
> The answer is to find something to stand on, of course.
> --
> John Brownlow
>
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>
>

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