Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Best of Luck Mark. Lots of GREAT shooting. Think you will ever get the 75? Elliot Elliot - ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 5:57 PM Subject: [Leica] Turning 21 > I just picked up a 21 Asph m at CameraWorld. Plenty of places to park in > downtown Portland Oregon surprisingly enough. > I also got a Leica Motor M. > They didn't have a finders for the 21 so I'm temporarily using my 24 > finder and ignoring the framelines but I'm not fond of this. > > The motor is pretty spunky, not a quiet as I'd hoped. NO quieter than my > Leica Winder M discontinued in July i think. > But a heck of a lot smaller as in SMALL. And the built in grip is nice. > > I'm still very fond of my Rapidwinder I feel very secure knowing it will > last a lifetime and I'll never have trouble getting batteries for it as > long as my thumb holds out. Learn to fix it myself with it's ten moving > parts if it ever breaks. > It is quieter in use but you do have to move your hand a bit when > shooing. But much less so then when using the regular thumb advance. > An awesome and cool tool that Rapidwinder. > > So now I've got a compete Leica system, it's taken my most of a decade. > I've got most of focal lengths from 21 to 135. No 75 or 28. > I'm feeling very enabled. Like i can shoot the hell out of anything! > If anyone needs a shot in some very tight places. I'm your guy! > > Oh so all these people are changing the same for a Leica 21 finder as > the variable 21, 28, 24 finder. $349 US. > So I'm going to go with Glazers in Seattle and get it on Wednesday. What > a pain!! Big and Chrome. But i like the wheel to twist it down so it > doesn't get lost. > > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.markrabiner.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html