Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah, the Pentax 67 does have a lovely ka-thunk. But personally, the prize would have to go to my first ever SLR, at age 16. A Russian Zenith (not even the "improved" Zenith II) which took pentax screw mount lenses as I recall. Legend had it that these were made in the same factory that made T62 tanks. The shutter certainly sound like a tank commander slamking closed the armoured hatch in the turret. A veery satisfyoing ka-CHUNK. One top of that, it as extremely sturdy - literraly built like a tank. And it may have weighed about the same as the Pentax 67... But even then I was lusting after a Leica, reading through the Stack of Leica Fotographie my dad kept by his bed. Tim A > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Paul > Chefurka > Sent: September 28, 2000 10:46 AM > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] suzy q? > > > Ahh, the memories of that wonderful "Ka-Chunka" - the sound of a bride's > soul being sucked into a Hasselblad, never to be seen again... > > OK, so what's your favourite LOUD camera shutter sound? For me > it's either > that one or the sound of a Nikon F, especially with an F36 attached. The > OM1 always sounded kind of diffident and prissy to me. > > Paul > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Guy Bennett [mailto:guybnt@idt.net] > >Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 5:26 AM > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: [Leica] suzy q? > > > > > >luggers, > > > >in the grand lug tradition of the out-of-context quoting of provocative > >statements about photography, i offer the following, which was > >not penned by s sontag: > > > >when i shoot with my rangefinders, there is simply something > >dinky about > >the shutter sound. some might call the sound 'discreet,' which > >enables them > >to shoot candids. i call it dissatisfying. with a rangefinder > >camera, the > >decisive moment is not accompanied by a 'thunk.' it's accompanied by a > >sound that is equivalent to the sound of nail clippers cutting > >cuticles. it > >is something like closing a car door on an import from eastern > >europe. just insubstantial. > >[snip] > >listen to (feel!) the sound of a pentax 67 shutter opening and closing. > >ahhh. now that's a camera! > > > >the author of the above passage is r.a. freeman, a nationally pubished > >photographer somewhat less known than s sontag. > > > >guy > >