Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RapidWinders: A follow up
From: DFangon@aol.com
Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 23:49:10 EDT

In a message dated 5/3/02 7:10:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, igreines@GMSR.com 
writes:

<< What I do is put a 24mm lens on the camera, then shoot from my chest or
 waist level.  I can be talking to someone or be close in on a scene; I can
 then take multiple images, shooting from chest or at waist level.  By using
 the rapidwinder to advance the film, the subject or subjects never know I'm
 shooting.  They hear no noise and see no obvious film advance. >>

Well, don't you still have to look at the viewfinder to set the right 
exposure?  This is where the M7 with AE is really going to make it's presence 
felt.  You just put the aperture setting you want, assuming you have a fast 
enough film, you could just shoot away using your technique.

Dante
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