Re: [Leica] Thanks LUG/LEG!!

[Lee Yan Zhan <yzlee@cyberway.com.sg>]

Hi Tom and Tuuliki,

Just got back from a long biz trip, glad to hear that you are up a running.

One suggestion, would the doctors allow you to bring in a M6 0.58 with 12mm
to take a picture while you are inside the plastic bubble.  It could be
sterilised and mounted on a rack in the bubble - linked to a soft release
outside.   A picture could be taken every 10 minutes assuming its a 5 hour
operation.

OOPS!!! With M6, you need someone to advance the film - I hate to say this,
you may need a Hexar.

OPPS!!!  Hexar doesn't have the screw thread to fit a soft release or a
remote control.

If you like this idea, solving the issue should be a challenge over your
next latte.

Take care my dear friend and the warmest regards from the family here.

Cheers...Lee

PS.  Did you receive my package and the money?  I understand from JY that a
new rapidwinder may be on its way.

On 6/20/01 6:04 AM, "TTAbrahams@aol.com" <TTAbrahams@aol.com> wrote:

> After posting on my illness, I have been receiving 100's of messages from
> fellow Leica-users cheering me on with support and information. Thank you all
> for your support and thoughts. It is an amazing feeling to hear from so many
> people and to know that we do care about other things than Hexar back-focus
> and filters too! My condition has slightly improved and I can negotiate
> stairs with certain alacrity and make it down to the local beach and
> Starbucks! Hey, this is the Westcoast after all, a Latte a day is an
> essential Vancouver ritual.
> I am still not strong enough to go into the workshop for grunt-work on
> winders, but that too will come. I have been fast-tracked for a bone-marrow
> transplant in Aug.-Sept. and barring complications should be in far better
> shape for October. Interesting enough, the transplant takes place in one of
> those "plastic bubble" things. All sterile and dust-free for 2-3 weeks. I
> asked if I could bring an enlarger with me and do some printing, no spotting
> needed! I think they thought my request was one of the weirder ones!
> To go on topic: The more I use the 0,58 M6 the more I like it. The finder is
> the perfect 35mm/lens finder. No other frame-lines interfere and plenty of
> surround to catch subjects/objects wandering into the frame before they are
> there. Through a friend in Japan I also got that strange Pentax 43/1,9 Pentax
> LTM lens. Great finder with 43/50 frames in it and a substantial diopter
> control built in. The lens is the size of a 50/2 with a push/pull hood on it,
> a small focus tab. Focussing is smooth and high spot free. I am still not
> able to make it up the steep stairs to my darkroom - well, I can probably
> make it up, but gravity would affect the descent. Later I will install a
> rappelling rope for that trip. It is an interesting lens and obviously an
> extremely limited production. The highest # number I have seen on one of
> these is 089 in Tokyo (mine is 064) and rumor is that they are only making a
> 100 or so of these in LTM mount. It is obviously available in the Pentax
> K-mount at a substantial discount from the LTM mount. I will let you know
> when I have some results from it.
> For some obscure reason all my latest lenses seem to fall in the f/1,9
> category, first the 28/1,9 Voigtlander (as they say on Wall Street, this is a
> BUY item), very sharp and contrasty and very comfortable to use. The Pentax
> 43/1,9, weird focal length and judgement to be done later, I also got a
> 50/1,9 Macro-Switar for the ALPA mount and it was sent to Japan yesterday for
> conversion to LTM/M mount (Retina-Shop in Tokyo is making a limited series of
> adapters for this conversion). I have seen the results from these conversions
> and once I get it back, I will test it out. Remember that the Macro-Switar is
> a true APO-chromatic lens and ALPA handpicked this lens from the Switar
> production line at the time of production. Can't wait to test this one with
> the last of my APX-25.
> Once again, thank you all for your support and concern and as you probably
> can see, I am getting back to do more of what I really like to do. Taking
> pictures, playing with cameras, and even thinking about
> Rapidwinders/Rapidgrips/Softreleases and other stuff. So, even though the
> selection of subjects is limited to 4-500 feet walks, there is a beach across
> the road where bodies are lined up in the blazing sun (1/500-f22 with Tri-X),
> dogs and kids playing and interminable beach volley ball tournaments going
> on. At least there are subjects en galore. At the moment, the film is piling
> up in the fridge, awaiting processing and said rappelling rope.
> All the best,
> Tom A
> 
> Tom Abrahamsson
> Vancouver, BC
> Canada
> www.rapidwinder.com