[Leica] Camera as a weapon

[John McMaster]

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 à 19:44, Ken Carney a écrit :
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>>>