Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]jem wrote << Gaifana, It's easy to figure the whole Leica thing as being 'cost-impractical'. I'm sure some people choose to buy things, not because they are 'cost practical' but because they justify it to themselves in some other way. Ergonomics, sensual satisfaction, snobbery, delusion, paranoia, fear, peer pressure etc.> Jem If use use LTM cameras there really is a practical side. The modern cassettes are about a 1/16 inch shorter than the older 'leica' cassettes...thus the image is shifted into the sproket rings. With the leica cassette this is avoided. Dave