Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of the benefits of the Leica M cameras, and one that is seldom discussed is the useful 24x36mm image size. Other cameras might have gone to 24x65, but I am happy that Leica has stayed with 24x36 and not gone the way others have, with 24x34mm or 24x35.5mm frames. Those frames really upset the golden proportions of 2:3. Tristan Tom wrote: > One of the seldomly mentioned benefits of the Leica M camera is the > film loading/unloading system. For instance, I can easily rewind the > film by feel in order to leave the leader out. This is something that > most other cameras (esp. SLRs) have to either be programmed to do, or > in many cases, have to be sent to a service center to have modified > to leave the leader out (Nikon F100 is one example). > > With my Leica I often rewind the film without having shot the entire > roll. I leave the leader out, and mark which frame number I was at > and then put another kind of film in, etc..When I reload a half shot > roll of film, I shoot through to the frame number where I left off by > leaving the lens cap on, and setting the camera to the fastest > shutter speed, smallest aperature and focus at infinity. Seems to > work well! > > Tristan Tom > <http://www.tristan.net/>