Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 10/17/01 8:25 PM, Nathan Wajsman at wajsman@webshuttle.ch wrote: > Very simple. I have 3 M bodies and 4 M lenses. Everything needs to fit into my > Domke > 803 satchel. Typically, my M3 body is loaded with either infrared film or > Delta 3200, > in other words, stuff I do not use on a daily basis. The two M6 bodies have > Kodachrome and a normal B&W film respectively. So I have lenses on those two, > ready > for action, but the M3 is kept without a lens on to conserve space. So body > caps are > indeed useful. We all have different ways to use our equipment. I do not > "store" any > of mine, anything that does not see sufficient use is ruthlessly sold off. > > Nathan > > Walter S Delesandri wrote: > >> Help me out here. I've done 35mm photography on and off for nearly 30 years >> now, >> and there's something I've NEVER understood.....What do you use a body cap >> for? >> I have one, it came with my M4P, and I have it in the box. >> If you have at least one lens per body, then you don't need a body cap. If >> you >> DON'T have one lens per body, then you have TOO MANY BODIES (sell me one, a >> cheap >> user M4) >> I'm sorry if this sounds cynical, I HONESTLY have never found a use for a >> body cap. I guess if you were "storing" bodies, but then why not just put >> them >> in a zip-lock bag with silica gel?... >> What DO ya'll use 'em for? >> Walt > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html ____________________________________________________________________________ JUST IN CASE YOU MAKE A MISTAKE; YOU NEED BAYONET MOUNT BODY CAP; NOT SCREW MOUNT (SM) ENG - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html