Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I assume the shutter they use is a mechanical one and needs cocking. Is there a mechanical shutter available with a motor to re-cock it? I doubt it since there has hitherto been no requirement for one without the presumably connected film wind. Just guessing. Frank On 4 Oct, 2004, at 18:39, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Hi Howard, > > Lucien already answered the question about the lens. I did try Tom's > RD1 and liked it a lot. It felt heavy and substantial, and the > viewfinder is excellent. Even if it were a film body, I would consider > it the most solidly built of the CV cameras. As a digital body, it > must be giving a lot of folks in Solms grey hair. > > The one thing I did not like is the need to "advance" the shutter with > what used to be the film advance lever. I realize that they did it to > keep the form factor as close as possible to a film camera, but > frankly I could have done without it. To me, this kind of pretending > that the camera is something it is not constitutes a pure marketing > gimmick without any value. A couple of times I pressed the shutter > release and nothing happened because I had forgotten to "advance". > > Nathan > > Howard Cummer wrote: > >> Hi Nathan, >> Enjoy your pictures and commentary as always. Can you please tell me >> what Leica lens Tom is using on his RD1 in picture 40alt1? Did you >> try Tom's RD1? Impressions?? >> Thanks >> Howard >> On Monday, Oct 4, 2004, at 05:27 Asia/Hong_Kong, >> lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: >>> Message: 14 >>> Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 21:32:08 +0200 >>> From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> >>> Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 40 and more: Photokina 2004 >>> To: LEG <leica@freelists.org>, Leica Users Group >>> <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Message-ID: <416053B8.1090706@planet.nl> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >>> >>> This week's PAW could only be one thing: the day I spent at Photokina >>> yesterday. Going to Photokina is a fixture of my life in the >>> even-numbered years. The excuse is to go and see all the new goodies, >>> but in reality the main reason I go is to meet with friends from the >>> LUG/LEG and from the Viewfinders photo club in Brussels. So from >>> yesterday's excursion, I have selected a few images for the PAW. I >>> have >>> also put up a larger (31 images) Photokina gallery at: >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexkina.html >>> >>> And here is Tom, pronouncing on some undoubtedly weighty subject: >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2004/2004_40alt1.jpg >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >