Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, At first I thought you were being silly (sorry for the lack of faith). It doesn't matter what lens I have mounted until I raise the camera to my eye. I can visualize all I want before I do that. As you and Roger point out below, visualization by looking through the lens is an SLR thing. If I use the M viewfinder to frame the image, I see the same thing no matter which lens or body cap is mounted. O.K. Now I've tried your alternate approach. It has one good feature. Leaving the body cap on keeps you from juggling two lenses whenever you need a new one. To get there, however, you need to remove the lens after each exposure session. That means you'll always be changing lenses. How about this. Put your favorite lens on one body. Keep the body cap on a second body. Then leave both bodies in your bag and visualize the frame before you pick one. Gives you the best of both worlds. Mike Quinn - ---------- Mark Rabiner wrote: > > Roger Beamon wrote: >><snip> >> >> Fine for R photography, which for me is more contemplative. The >> M, though, in a street situation, needs a lens on and ready. >> >> -- >> Roger > I was talking M though and you are right. Having a lens on the camera makes you > ready to shoot which on the long run is where you want to be. But the body cap > approach is an interesting alternate approach. The example I was thinking of > might have actually been my Hasselblad system. That case would have been more > likely to have camera bodies with caps on it perhaps. But give it a shot! It > makes your eyes work differently. No Bull. > Mark Rabiner