Re: [Leica] Pellicle mirrors and the RT

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Eric Welch wrote:
><Snip> 
> Mike,
> 
> This is something that can be useful if you are trying to minimize sound,
> such as shooting in a church service. You can hold the button and drop the
> camera down or behind you and then let the film wind. Making it less likely
> people will hear, or notice, you shooting. I used to do it with my Leica R4
> cameras. I'd have the film advance lever out so the film would not advance.
> Drop the camera down and out of sight and then flip the wind lever in, and
> the camera would then wind to the next frame. ><Snip> 

I used to do it or still do with a Hasselblad ELM.
Mark Rabiner
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