Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Several years ago my wife bought an M3 DS. My immediate thought was to have it converted to SS. Before I could get that done my wife used it enough to decide that she liked it as it was. I thought that was silly but it was her camera. Then I borrowed it one afternoon and shot several rolls through it. I found that I like the was The DS worked. It is still a DS and will so remain. Some things just have to be tried to understand them. Ken Wilcox At 9:26 AM -0800 2/24/03, Javier Perez wrote: >I find it disturbing that people would choose a ds for >added smoothness over and above the added convenience >of the ss which is already smooth enough! >IMHO of couurse >Javier > >--- Ernest Nitka <enitka@twcny.rr.com> wrote: >> Mike - my $0.02 before the real experts chime in. I >> had a DS that I wanted >> S. Krauter to change to SS and she talked me out of >> it. The tactile feel >> of M camera use has certain merits and why not >> double your pleasure with a >> DS. The reasons to change to SS have to do with >> better mechanisms, getting >> away from a porcelain film support and probably some >> other that I don't >> remember. For the experts on the list - IO was told >> to try to get an M3 >> with S/N over 1,000,000 but don't know if there were >> any DS with S/N above >> 1 mil or were all > 1 mil M3's SS? >> >> ernie >> >> >> At 11:06 AM 2/24/03 -0500, you wrote: >> >> >Is there a big difference other than giving one's >> thumb a break? >> >Just looking for some moral support after buying my >> first affordable M. >> > >> >mg >> >-- >> >To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- __________________________________________________________________________________ Ken Wilcox Recue a Greyound! Call 1.800.GO HOUND klw.51 at comcast.net or visit www.rescuegrayhounds.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html