Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use an Abrahamsson winder which makes everything about holding an M6 easier. Jim At 09:38 AM 9/29/98 -0400, you wrote: >I find this discussion most reassuring. There are times when I look at a >contact sheet that I find I do some one way and some the other. I find it >very difficult to focus in the "portrait" position, so I tend to focus first >and then rotate the camera. As a rule, I turn the camera so the shutter >release is a the top, since that is the way I have always done it with every >35mm camera I have owned (also a Bronica with winder). Since I now have a >soft release on both my M6s, I'll have to try your method. Without a rapid >winder, advancing the film must be more awkward though. > >Ken > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim Brick [SMTP:jim@brick.org] >> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 1998 2:27 AM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 improvements? >> >> With an Abrahamsson soft release under the middle of your thumb, the end >> of >> ... >> Jim >>