Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rollei 35S Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen my=F6s suomeksi - ---------- > From: Wood, Darrell (London) <wooddar@MLE.CO.UK> > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V3 #250 > Date: 19. elokuuta 1998 15:48 >=20 > I am buying a compact as a present. Do you know which of the followi= ng will > give the sharpest and best Pictures. > Leica Minlux > Nikon 35TI > Ricoh GR1 > Contax T2 >=20 >=20 > Many Thanks >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Darrell Wood >=20 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Listmgr@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [SMTP:Listmgr@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] > > Sent: 17 August 1998 21:58 > > To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: [Leica] Leica-Users List Digest V3 #250 > >=20 > >=20 > > Leica-Users List Digest Monday, 17 August 1998 Volume 0= 3 : > > Number 250 > >=20 > >=20 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------= - --- > >=20 > > From: Francesco Ricci <ricci@sodalia.it> > > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 09:13:26 +0200 > > Subject: [Leica] The shutter makes a buzz > >=20 > > Hi there, > > I've recently exchanged some R stuff for a M6 with the 50/2 summicr= on. > > I've just developed a roll of tmax400 and it's great. I guess I nee= d > > some time to get familiar with the telemeter; focusing is rather > > different from the R7. > > It is made in Wetzlar (I guess one of the last, because it has alre= ady > > the red label "leica", not "leitz") and the shop that sold me the camera > > said that it is more appreciated than the M6 made in solm, is it tr= ue? > >=20 > > Anyway, my only doubt is a buzz that I can hear with the slowest ti= mes. > > I believe that it is normal when the shutter is open (it is the sam= e > > sound that made my old rollei 35). But is it normal that the sound = last > > some short time (maybe 1 sec.) after the shutter is closed? Any rep= ly is > > appreciated. > > ciao > > - -f > >=20 > > - --=20 > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > Francesco Ricci > > Sodalia > > via Zambra 1 > > 38100 Trento > > http://www.sodalia.it/ > > ricci@sodalia.it > > tel 0461-316242 > > fax 0461-316201 > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >=20 > > ------------------------------ > >=20 > > From: David Rosen <DavidSRosen@compuserve.com> > > Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:23:11 -0400 > > Subject: [Leica] Report from the field > >=20 > > Lugnuts (and especially Tom A): > >=20 > > I thought I would momentarily un-lurk in order to tell you all how = I spen=3D > > t > > my summer vacation and in so doing, share a report from the field.= .. > >=20 > > As some of you know, I'm fairly open minded format-wise (Leica M, L= eica R=3D > > , > > Hassy, 4x5), and fairly close-minded subject-wise (almost exclusive= ly > > pictures of teensand pre-teens in their natural habitat). I spend = two > > weeks every summer vacationing at a summer camp, the ideal venue fo= r me t=3D > > o > > exercise my muse. I've been doing this for nearly two decades. I = fill a=3D > > n > > entire car with equipment and spend a considerable amount of my vacation > > time shooting (the rest of the time is spent decompressing from my day-jo=3D > > b > > and enjoying the accoutrements of summer camp-- nature, friends, su= n, > > beach, horses, etc.). This year, as in recent years, I worked in a= ll > > formats. It was my expressed goal to spend a lot of time behind th= e LF > > camera. Well, things turned out a bit differently... > >=20 > > To cut to the chase, I did the vast majority of my shooting with an outfi=3D > > t > > consisting of my M6HM, 50mm 'cron, Abrahamson RapidWinder, accessor= ized > > with an Abrahamson "Softy" (red). Despite no shortage of equipment= to > > exercise and play with, I'd estimate that about 75% of my exposures were > > made with this single rig!! Perhaps I was simply in "Mike Johnston mode"=3D > > , > > learning and plying the nuances of a single focal length, but I don= 't thi=3D > > nk > > this was it at all. Really, I think that the HM/50/RW/Softy quarte= t > > quickly became so organically a part of my hand/eye, that it was ha= rd to > > put down for a another photographic tool. Public thanks to Tom for > > creating his superb accessories and making them available to all of= us. > >=20 > > For those of you on my postcard list, be watching your mailboxes. = But no=3D > > w, > > I've got 40+ rolls of film to develop, so I'm off to the darkroom! > >=20 > > Best, > > DSR > >=20 > > ------------------------------ > >=20 > > From: thomas boehm <toboehm@yahoo.com> > > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 01:44:49 -0700 (PDT) > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Q. BEST 16/8 Hologon Contax G conversion for t= he M-6? > >=20 > > - ---"Leonard K. Nicholson" asked: > > > > > > Q. Who Makes the BEST 16/8 Hologon Contax G conversion for the M-= 6?=20 > >=20 > > Hello Leonhard and others, > > a hologon for the leica M allures me also - i am very interested ab= out > > comments here in the LUG. > >=20 > > i only heard about the horrible pricy original from leica; > >=20 > > and about the german fotoshop schaja in munich, who offers this > > conversion for a little bit less than 2000 german marks (not usable > > for the M6 and CL), two years warranty. lens supplied by the custom= er > > (or very long delivery time) > >=20 > > regards, thomas bvhm, austria > >=20 > >=20 > > _________________________________________________________ > > DO YOU YAHOO!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >=20 > >=20 > > ------------------------------ > >=20 > > From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be> > > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 10:50:51 +0200 > > Subject: Re: [Leica] The shutter makes a buzz > >=20 > > Hi Francesco, > >=20 > > I posed a similar question when I bought my M6 in early may. The so= und you > > refer to as a buzz occurs at shutter speeds longer than 1/50 sec. I= was > > assured by the people here that this sound is quite normal (it has > > something > > to do with the way the curtains operate at slow speeds). I have not > > worried > > about it since. > >=20 > > Nathan > >=20 > >=20 > > Francesco Ricci wrote: > >=20 > > > Hi there, > > > I've recently exchanged some R stuff for a M6 with the 50/2 summicron. > > > I've just developed a roll of tmax400 and it's great. I guess I n= eed > > > some time to get familiar with the telemeter; focusing is rather > > > different from the R7. > > > It is made in Wetzlar (I guess one of the last, because it has already > > > the red label "leica", not "leitz") and the shop that sold me the camera > > > said that it is more appreciated than the M6 made in solm, is it true? > > > > > > Anyway, my only doubt is a buzz that I can hear with the slowest times. > > > I believe that it is normal when the shutter is open (it is the s= ame > > > sound that made my old rollei 35). But is it normal that the soun= d last > > > some short time (maybe 1 sec.) after the shutter is closed? Any r= eply is > > > appreciated. > > > ciao > > > -f > > > > > > -- > > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D > > > Francesco Ricci > > > Sodalia > > > via Zambra 1 > > > 38100 Trento > > > http://www.sodalia.it/ > > > ricci@sodalia.it > > > tel 0461-316242 > > > fax 0461-316201 > > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > ------------------------------ > >=20 > > From: Andre Jean Quintal <megamax@abacom.com> > > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:04:41 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [Leica] new magazine > >=20 > > At 17:46 -0500 16/08/98, Eric Welch wrote: > > > [ . . . ] > > inspiration on what is truly phenomenally beautiful photography. I= t's > > called Nature's Best Photography Magazine. I think it's affiliated = with > > the > > National Wildlife Association. It's American-oriented, for the most part, > > but it has the work of some of the best nature photographers around=