Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/26

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Subject: [Leica] Flash / PC Cord Question
From: buzz.hausner at verizon.net (buzz.hausner@verizon.net)
Date: Thu Aug 26 08:39:38 2004

Try this link.  http://cameraquest.com/voigtacc.htm#Double Accessory Shoe .  
They're forty-five bucks, but they do not provide hot-shoe capability.

Buzz Hausner

> 
> From: Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com>
> Date: 2004/08/26 Thu AM 11:21:28 EDT
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Flash / PC Cord Question
> 
> Kind folk,
> 
> I want to use my new little Oly S20 flash with my M6
> when I have an accessory finder in the hot shoe.
> 
> So, I'm looking for a camera PC socket cord with a
> female (?) flash shoe connector on the other end.
> 
> In some situations, a bracket might be preferable to holding
> the flash, so any suggestions on a small bracket for the M6
> that could hold the flash would be helpful as well.
> 
> I did a brief search on B&H and Adorama and was pretty
> overwhelmed by all the options.
> 
> Any idea what I need?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Scott
> 
> B. D. Colen wrote:
> 
> >BUT...Most professional 120 use is based on the quality requirements of
> >magazines. And the question then is not whether the 120 backs will
> >become affordable; rather, it is whether 35 full-frame digital cameras,
> >such as the EOS1Ds and the Kodak, can provide image quality on a par
> >with 120 film. If they can, then the cost of 120 backs becomes
> >irrelevant and 120 becomes irrelevant. There is also the question of
> >whether smaller sensors in DSLRs, used at 50 iso, will produce such
> >clean images that they, too, can eliminate the need for 120. I wouldn't
> >be investing in Hasselblad OR Imacon right now. 
> >
> >B. D.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> >[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> >Mark Rabiner
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:41 PM
> >To: Leica Users Group
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Ilford chapter 11?
> >
> >
> >On 8/25/04 10:07 AM, "FRANK DERNIE" <frank.dernie@btinternet.com> typed:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>I wonder whether 120 or 35mm film will be the more
> >>popular in the future. I would expect 35mm to be less interesting 
> >>because it is so easily comparable in size weight and  quality to 
> >>digital. It would not surprise me if mf film continues to have a 
> >>stronger following than 35mm in the long term.
> >>I almost never use 35mm now that digital is so good. I
> >>still use MF if I want high quality and scan the
> >>negatives.
> >>Frank
> >>--- Dan Post <dpost@triad.rr.com> wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >I think we need to wait just a little longer for the shoe to drop on the
> >medium format digital thing. They are either going to break that 20 thou
> >price point and get into the 2-5 thou price point of a the non Rolls
> >Royce crowd or shrivel. I predict, having confidence in technology which
> >usually is rewarded, that they'll figure the affordable medium format
> >digital thing out. Existing medium format cameras wont be thrown into
> >the bins with the Instamatics.
> >
> >The Blads and the Brownies....
> >
> >
> >Mark Rabiner
> >Photography
> >Portland Oregon
> >http://rabinergroup.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
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