RE: [Leica] Film for school play

["Bob Gibson" <retail.shops@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>]

Hi Mike
The R8 viewfinder is so bright compared to the Nikormat you will need
sunglasses to stop you squinting.
Regards
Bob

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mike
Durling
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 1:01 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Film for school play


I guess we digress from Leica, but what the heck!  I got my Nikkormat in
high school as well.  It came between rangefinder cameras because it
replaced an Argus C3.  I found that if you drop the Nikkormat the meter
needle will break its mount.  Using a hand-held meter never bothered me but
my wife liked that camera so much that I bought an FT-2 for her.  I've since
fixed the FTN's meter with one from a junk camera and I am trying out the
trusty old 105/2.5 again.  I don't have a Leica lens in that focal range and
the 135 never did appeal to me for the rangefinder camera.  Finder image is
too small. Oh for a 90 AA!

Actually the crisp groundglass and the unobtrusive microprisims of the FTN
make it a joy with the long glass.  To bring this back on topic since I
haven't ever used a Leica SL or R I wonder how the Nikkormat finder holds up
against the Leica SLRs?

Mike D

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:17 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Film for school play


> Mike,
>
> My first camera was a Nikkormat with the 50/2 nikkor--back when I was in
> high school in the late '70's.  In many ways, it was a better camera than
> you can buy new today.  DOF preview, great needle metering, simple and
> intuitive to use, quiet and unobtrusive.  And virtually unbreakable.
>
> Mine got stolen while traveling through Europe in 1987.  Unfortunately, I
> had to use the insurance money to help finance the trip, and haven't owned
> another 35 mm camera until I bought my Leica M6 just this year.
>
> Regards,
> Dan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mike
> > Durling
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 7:57 AM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Film for school play
> >
> >
> > My summer theatre experience was at the Williamstown Theatre in
> > Massachusetts.  I used a Nikkormat with 50/2 and 105/2.5.  Very
> > fine camera
> > and lenses.  Still have them.
> >
> > I earned enough from print sales to buy my first Leica, the IIIf,
> > at the end
> > of the summer.
> >
> > Mike D
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 10:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Film for school play
> >
> >
> > >  . . .
> > > In the early 70's i was doing all the summer stock theatrical
> > photography
> > for
> > > The Academy playhouse on the north shore of Chicago, Lake Forest as a
> > matter of
> > > fact, on the campus of Barat College.
> > > I used my Dad's Contarex Bulleye with 50mm Zeiss F2 lens.
> > >
> > > mark rabiner
> > >
>
>