Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/10
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Hi Don,
And thanks. I've got tabs on my 'normal' lenses, a very early
50/3.5 Elmar nickel plate and a Nikkor 50/1.4.
I've upgraded to the Elmar from a Russian Industar-22
(an Elmar clone). The main difference, besides the Elmar
being uncoated and disregarding the quality, is that the Elmar's
focus covers practically 360 degrees while the Industar-22 does
it in 180 degrees. I really like the 360 degrees focus turn. It makes
it easier to set an appoximate focus quickly. Also the infinity stop
on my Elmar is, looking at the front of the camera, @ about 11 o'clock,
while the Russian (and I would guess later Elmars), is @ 7 o'clock.
The Elmar is a match for the Leica D which I have. The rangefinder
needs to be set right, but it just feels better than the Zorki. Real thing,
as the Zorki is a copy of the D.
Now, I'm still learning how to use these types of cameras more
effectively with the aim of making better images. For the last several
years I've not shot a lot of film, a few rolls a month. With the addition
of the Rapid Winder and the 12 Leitz cassettes, I hope to burn more
film and also start to make contact prints of the roll, which I'm not
doing now. I've aquired the Leitz ABLON (the metal device used
to cut the leader of the film to make loading the screwmount cameras
more easy. It first I bid on a copy of the ABLON. Then, I realized
that I needed the real thing, because the copy did not have the V
shape at one end, used to cut the film to attach to the cassette spool.
So I backed out of the deal and found a real ABLON, for more money
however. I still need to find a Leitz film spooler, the kind you mount on
the table. I won one, but the guy couldn't find it.
Guess I've gone retro! No Leica Ms here.
Cheers,
Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net
Don Dory wrote:
> Well, it has been most of a day and I haven't seen any answers. The trigger
> wind you just acquired should let you go to 2 something frames a second.
> Faster if you are really coordinated, slower if not. The trick to using the
> winder is to use the last three fingers on your left hand to pull the
> trigger and the index finger to focus, it helps to use a tabbed lens as your
> finger has a better grip.
>
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspirng.com
>
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