Re: [Leica] leica/holga fix?

[csocolow <csocolow@mindspring.com>]

Uh, Guy,

With all due respect to your tongue-in-cheek humor, I should note that I
have electrical tape all over my Holga to minimize the light leaks on
the film. But it doesn't have any of the rangefinder patch flare
problems that my M6 exhibits. On the other hand I end up prefocusing
both of them most of the time: The Holga because I have to; The Leica
because I can't see to coincide the rangefinder images in awkward
lighting situations.

I love using my Holga alongside my Leicas because its images are the
complete antithesis to those of the Leica. Plus it's so easy to do
double, triple or quadruple exposures with the Holga. Now if I could
only fit a Polaroid back on it to run Type 665 I'd be a happy camper.

Carl Socolow

http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/
New email address: csocolow@mindspring.com

Guy Bennett wrote:
> 
> >At 01:59 PM 11/02/2000 -0000, you wrote:
> >>>My god people, you buy a $2,000 M6 camera body and then
> >>>believe it's OK to use
> >>>tape or a rubber band to get it to work right ??
> >>>
> >
> >Exactly.  If I wanted a camera to retrofit with rubber bands I would have
> >bought a Holga.
> 
> dear begruntled lugger:
> 
> the holga does not require rubber bands: it does not exhibit any of the
> problems currently bemoaned by luggers against easy fixes for simple
> problems. the same is true of the diana and the lomo.
> 
> furthermore, all three of these plastic wonders cost a fraction of a
> fraction of even a used leica m, whatever the number.
> 
> should the rangefinder flare problem that so aggregiously mars the contre
> jour performance of the m6 prove too unsettling, send your defective m to
> me, and i will graciously provide you with a diana or holga loaner until
> you get the nikon or canon replacement of your choice, as we know that
> these cameras do not require homespun remedies to take an honest picture.
> 
> most sincerely,
> 
> guy

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