Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rob, That's ashame. For weddings I keep my on high speed. I can hear it and its twice as fast. Other than that, my Rolleis or Rapid-Omegas work the rest of the time. Peter K > ---------- > From: Rob McClure[SMTP:mcclure@udata.com] > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 7:32 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] stealing > > Peter, > > That "silent" rewinder on the A2 has its downside as I discovered while > opening the back on my A2 while it was still rewinding. This happened > during the excitement of a wedding shoot. Needless to say, the bridal > party wasn't excited about reshooting the better part of a 36 exposure > roll and being late for the reception. Fortunately, none of the actual > wedding ceremony pictures were on the roll. That was the final straw > (after a malfunctioning flash off-camera cord and other EOS glitches). > I have returned to all mechanical cameras (except for my beloved Hexar). > > Rob McClure > > > Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: > > > > I agree. There is also a silent mode for rewinding which keeps it > quieter > > than others <SNIP> >