Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca> writes: > ><snip> > > I got the idea from a column by Stint (sp?). He > > suggests balancing a glass of water on his Blads to check for vibration > > on the tripod with and without using prerelease. ><snap> In 1971, while choosing a medium format camera, I narrowed the field to the Pentax 6x7 and the Mamiya RB 67. I liked them both. The test that decided the choice was placing a 5 cent coin upright on each ground glass, firing the shutter with cable release and mirror in the normal position. The Pentax tipped and overturned the coin, the Mamiya did not. Joseph Codispoti