Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:02 AM 1/24/99 -0800, you wrote: >B.D. wrote: > ><<<<<<<But it maybe that someone with more experience than I has figured >out a way to avoid wasting film with the softie....>>>>> > I've posted this numerous times. I trained myself to not wind the film after the last photograph. Under some circumstances (the heat of photographing), winding the film is automatic. So now you are ready to put your camera & softie away. I simply take one more photograph. Where ever you are, of anything near. The way I figure, a deliberate photograph of anything is ALWAYS going to be better than a photograph of the inside of your bag. So when you are sorting your slides or prints, put these aside. At some point you will have a collection of photographs that you never would have taken other than to eliminate a false release. It's amazing what treasures you can find, which would not have been there if you didn't have a soft release. Jim Jim - Sorry to keep this damn thing going...I remember your earlier sage advice....my problem is not what happens when I put the camera in my bag, but when happens when I am carrying it on its strap, over my right shoulder, when I have bulky clothes on - ie. sweater, winter coat, etc. WhenI am carrying that way I want the shutter cocked not because I can't do it quickly, but because I want the meter available....but I guess the advice regarding the bag applies... Thanks... B. D.