Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair and BD I dunno but it seemed so naive, and almost tongue in cheek type of statement that I thought he was pulling our leg? BTW, I have made a number of waist level finders for my Leicas. They came from oooold folding roll film cameras, modified to fit the accessory shoe on my M's. Leitz made them before the war but I've never seen one for sale. When I recover from this stinking bout of pneumonia, I'll try to get some pictures of the device I made. Jerry Alastair Firkin wrote: > Count me in: I loved using the Rollei for street photography: of course > I have cornered myself into sticking with the Leicas for 5 years with > FOM2, and this is allowing me to learn more about using a RF, but I too > think part of the TLR magic is due to the angle of view: makes you see > the world like a child -- or at least from child height. > > Cheers > On Saturday, Jul 19, 2003, at 03:17 Australia/Melbourne, bdcolen wrote: > > > Come on, Jerry - There are about 12 of us - 13 perhaps - still using > > TLRs...and most 2 1/4s aren't being used for this kind of > > photography...so Don's comment was perfectly sensible... > > > > B. D. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry > > Lehrer > > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:02 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] PAWs > > > > > > Don > > > > Is that supposed to be a profound statement? Or have I > > missed something? > > > > Jerry > > > > Don Dory wrote: > > > >> B.D., > >> It strikes me that one of the unique things about Rollie images is > >> that they are shot from waist level. In this day and age this is an > >> unusual vantage point. > >> > >> Don > >> dorysrus@mindspring.com > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of bdcolen > >> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 9:46 PM > >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >> Subject: [Leica] PAWs > >> > >> Two black and white FILM offerings from Harlan County.... Okay, > >> okay...They were shot with a Rollie - but they were shot on > >> Tri-X..;-) > >> > >> http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/image-49259.html > >> > >> B. D. > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, see > >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, see > >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > Alastair > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html