Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] d.c. luggers & OT Polaroid 600SE
From: Simon Stevens <simon@camera-craftsman.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 20:24:11 -0400

>Just remember to cock the shutter! The Polaroid will also take a mamiya
back
>with the right adaptor. It is a nice camera with a sharp lens. The
usual
>darkslide stuff applies (don't mean to be condescending butI don't know
what
>MF experience you have). The lens, if I remember right, is a 127mm and
it is
>good, but not brilliant, at handling flare.

Thanks Julian,

I picked the camera up today and I see what you mean about it not being
especially difficult to figure out. - complex it is not! I use a
polaroid back on my Hasselblad and the rangefinder is just like the ones
on my M's, only not as bright. The Leica-style parallax correction was a
nice surprise, however.

I'm not too worried about the lens - it's going to be used for grip &
grins indoors with on camera flash, so I'm not exactly pushing technical
envelopes. :-)

I'll try to remember the shutter cocking thing.

Simon Stevens