Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/09

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Subject: [Leica] The story of my detention by the NYPD
From: lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III)
Date: Thu Sep 9 18:04:53 2004

Scott,

I'd rather be lucky than good! :-)

Of course, the gear helps a bunch, I've learned
to trust it, and it makes it worth the bucks.

William

At 08:39 PM 09/09/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks! That's a really beautiful exposure of
>that scene.  Hopefully I'll have something worthy
>of posting soon.
>
>Scott
>
>William G. Lamb, III wrote:
>
>>
>>Hello Scott,
>>
>>Only got the softies myself for my last travels in
>>June of this year. My hands aren't that large and
>>I used the softie every way I could. No matter how
>>I used it on the MP and M5, I got a smoother release.
>>
>>As for the 28 ASPH, I use it mainly on my .72 M7.
>>I do my final framing with the camera v/f which
>>seems pretty accurate. I used the lens for some
>>months successfully with just the camera v/f but
>>was not comfortable doing this for more considered
>>shots, so I bought a plastic Leica 28mm finder on
>>eBay which helps me with the overall composition.
>>
>>I believe the M7 meter is slightly improved over
>>the M6 meter and I have a few more shutter speeds
>>than you do on "Auto", but in contrasty situations at
>>least with the 26 the meter works quite well. I guess
>>you could bracket a bit until you are confident. I have
>>a Gossen F2 with which I sometimes take incident
>>readings and frequently the camera meter agrees.
>>
>>Perhaps you will recall the picture from my B&B
>>in the Cotswolds which I posted on the Leica Forum?
>>I think it shows how much resistance the lens has to
>>veiling glare. Of course, it's damn sharp too! :-)
>><http://gallery.leica-users.org/Chipping-Campden/LUG3>
>>This was taken with the camera meter.
>>
>>Good Shooting!
>>
>>William