Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/16

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Soft Release Blues
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 10:04:06 -0700
References: <200204142007.NAA10570@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <a05101500b8e07a3021c4@[203.218.94.47]>

The solution is very simple. I've been using it for many years. I've been 
using soft releases long before Tom started making them.

When you are about to put your camera on your camera bag, take a photograph 
of anything. Where you are, your feet, a tree, your car, whatever strikes 
you at that very moment.

Then, without winding your camera, put it away.

Over the years, you will have a collection of negative frames or slides 
that are "when I put my camera away" photographs. You could have a slide 
show of just these photographs, print a book of these photographs, 
whatever. It's a series.

But at least they are actual photographs rather than the same old picture 
of the inside of your bag. And it is amazing how many of these "last 
photograph before putting the camera away" photographs, will be outstanding 
photographs.

Jim


At 10:35 PM 4/15/2002 -0500, Mark Ritter wrote:
>I love the Tom A. Soft Releases.  I have 4 of them, each a different color.
>They really fell good on the camera, but......I'm getting more dead
>batteries and pictures of the inside of my bag since I've been using them.
>I'm using a Domke F-803.  A fairly tight fit.
>
>I know, turn the camera off and don't advance to the next frame until ready
>to shoot.  Just kind of hard to do if the camera is in and out of the bag
>alot.
>
>Ideas or Flames?

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