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Subject: [Leica] OT: lens shutters suck
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:15:48 +0100
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I have no idea where I can get it CLAd on my side of the Atlantic. Too much 
bother.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
http://www.nathanfoto.com
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Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/


YNWA



On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:39 PM, Richard Man wrote:

> Actually, isn't the simplest to spend another $300 for another Fuji 6x9 or
> send your defective one to a CLA for a couple hundred bucks?
> 
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Richard Man <richard at 
> richardmanphoto.com>wrote:
> 
>> Then get one of those 500CM/501CW and some amazing Zeiss glass. You can
>> get a 500CM/ an A12 back, a WLF and a 80mm lens for ~$1000. More money for
>> sure but the quality will be so worth it.
>> 
>> Or get the Mamiya 6MF. Again for about ~$1000.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
>> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
>> 
>>> I don't like folders, and when I shoot MF weight is not an issue anyway.
>>> I am a big guy ;-)
>>> 
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> YNWA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:57 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Doesn't a Pentax 6x7 weighs twice as much as the Fuji 6x9? Totally
>>>> different kind of beast?
>>>> 
>>>> May be one of those older 6x6 /6x7 folders? They are pretty cheap too.
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> It does entice me, but getting this kind of stuff back from the lab
>>> sucks.
>>>>> I think I will go for a Pentax 6x7 which is probably more reliable.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> nathan
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> YNWA
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Take a look at that large 6x9 negative.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It will take quite a bit of work to beat that even with a Leica M9,
>>>>> unless
>>>>>> you are doing the Paul thing.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Worth it? Only you can decide. I probably won't shoot with my -4T or
>>> M7
>>>>>> much ever again, but I am shooting more XPan than ever before. So if
>>> the
>>>>>> 6x9 neg entices you...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
>>>>>> frozenlight.eu
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Just got back 3 rolls of MF film from the lab in Barcelona, shot
>>> with my
>>>>>>> Fuji 6x9. Of the 24 pictures in total, 14 are blank frames. And no, I
>>>>> did
>>>>>>> not accidentally photograph the inside of my camera bag this many
>>> times,
>>>>>>> since I follow the standard Leica RF practice of not advancing the
>>> film
>>>>>>> before putting the camera in the bag. I guess the lens shutter is
>>>>> sticking,
>>>>>>> i.e. not opening about half the time. Given that I only paid $300 for
>>>>> this
>>>>>>> camera, the fact that it has turned into a paperweight is annoying
>>> but
>>>>> not
>>>>>>> devastating. But it does mean that I am on the lookout for a reliable
>>>>> 6x7
>>>>>>> or 6x9 MF outfit.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Or I should just stop this film foolishness and get on with life in
>>> the
>>>>>>> 21st century.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Nathan
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>>>>>> Alicante, Spain
>>>>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>>>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>>>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>>>>>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> YNWA
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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>> 
>> --
>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> 
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