Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the most solid camera (for this purpose) I used was the 1970s Canon F1 with motordrive.... john -----Original Message----- There can be only One, and it's a Kodak Medalist. Hit somebody with that and they stay down. When they're lying there, you can use it to take photos of the prone - and very possibly lifeless - body (corpse) Douglas _________ Douglas Barry Monkstown, Co. Dublin, Republic of Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Camera as a weapon All these cameras its great to have a few backups if you want to still take pix as they have been known to break on certain impact situations. A Rolleiflex will break when it hits something. A Leica of course will. But a Speed Graph if it breaks you whip out a screwdriver and fix it... In the trench. On the run..... The standard operating procedure for the Speed Graphic (assuming you're in a crown of photogs) is 1. smash to the left 2. smash to the right 3. click the picture. But its a 123 thing I think. this establishes your turf and clears your shot. On 1/28/15 1:54 PM, "Charlie Chan" <topoxforddoc at btinternet.com> wrote: > Velocity does matter, but so does mass. How about my R9/DMR and the 180/2 > Summicron? > > Charlie > > On 28 Jan 2015, at 18:53, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > >> Well, velocity matters ;-) >> >> Live from the coconut tree >> Ph >> >> >> Le 28 janv. 15 ? 19:44, Ken Carney a ?crit : >> >>> Sounds like my little Fuji X-E won't work. >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> >>> On 1/28/2015 11:07 AM, Sonny Carter wrote: >>>> Seems that a Luna Pro meter on a lanyard would be adequate; just make >>>> sure >>>> you don't have the spotmeter attachment on it. >>>> >>>> They can be hard to reattach when knocked off. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:45 AM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have an old Burke & James cast aluminum 4X5 press camers that would >>>>> be >>>>> pretty formidable >>>>> >>>>> ric >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 28, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Stan Yoder <s.yoder at comcast.net> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe the ultimate would be a Rollei TLR with the optional (and >>>>>> heavy) >>>>> prism on top and the pistolgrip/cable release beneath. >>>>>> Or a 4x5 Graphic. >>>>>> >>>>>> Stan Yoder, who still has that Rollei combo. >>>>>>