Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/26
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At 12:15 PM -0800 1/26/01, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de wrote:
>>
>> How do you use a Leica in portrait mode, with hat on head?
>>
>> Hans-Peter
>
>You can use the string and have the hat off your head behind you
>like the 50's cowboys.
>Or there are snaps on the sides for the brims and you can turn the hat 45
>degrees if the brim is really in the way.
>But mainly the brim just makes for better lens shading.
>I may have gotten a brim in one shot over several years.
>
>mark rabiner
You also have to remember to fold the brim back if you're shooting
with the 12mm Cosina. Otherwise, with a bit of luck you can get your
toes and your hat brim into the same shot.
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