Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Point to Ponder: IS the screwmount out dated? Not by a long shot, and not for what it is. It is simply a very good and accurate way to fasten a lens to the camera, and the difference in time it takes me to unscrew an LTM lens and re-attach another compared with fumbling for the index spot on an SLR- even my SL, is negligible! IT is highly accurate, you can't accidentally hit the release tab, and have it fall out, and it is certainly more sturdy that smoe of these plastic high tech mounts out there today. If there is a resurgence of the screwmount, great! If you don't have to contend with electrical contacts, motors and gears in your lens, then the screw mount is the most logical, and simple solution to a no brainer! Dan ( Twist, and Shout....take the lens off!)Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan S <dstate1@hotmail.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Screw mount in the modern world > I think you have just described the difference between photographers and > collectors. I deal with the possible loss of a camera just like anything > else...Insurance. They are CAMERAS, meant to be used. Not massaged by > gadget-horny collectors in their basements. > > Best wishes > Dan States > > > > >> > >> > >>time will tell, but remember Leica started out as being an off brand > >>camera, > >>with an off brand film format. I know several long time M shooters with > >>complete M6 outfits, with modern ASPH lenses. They are afraid to take > >>them on > >>location and have 15 grand stolen in a single camera bag. Both are > >>buying Bessa > >>R outfits to use on location. > >> > >>The best camera is always the one in your hands taking pictures. It is > >>never > >>the one at home in the camera bag. > >> > >>Stephen Gandy > > > > > >WOW I wish the kind of cash laying around to buy a camera system that > >I was not going to use!! ;) > > > >Seriously, I can not imagine having a camera and not using it for > >fear of getting stolen. How hard is a Leica system to keep up with? > >Put it in a bag and keep it on your shoulder, if you set the bag down > >stand on the strap. Geesh the Leica are TONS lighter than any SLR > >system I have used. And if, while on location, someone picked up my > >lightware case filled with my Canon gear I'd be looking at $15,000 to > >replace that stuff and it gets used a lot more than my M stuff. > >-- > >Harrison McClary > >http://www.mcclary.net > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >