[Leica] The story of my detention by the NYPD

[lambroving at worldnet.att.net (William G. Lamb, III)]

Hello Scott,

Only got the softies myself for my last travels in
June of this year. My hands aren't that large and
I used the softie every way I could. No matter how
I used it on the MP and M5, I got a smoother release.

As for the 28 ASPH, I use it mainly on my .72 M7.
I do my final framing with the camera v/f which
seems pretty accurate. I used the lens for some
months successfully with just the camera v/f but
was not comfortable doing this for more considered
shots, so I bought a plastic Leica 28mm finder on
eBay which helps me with the overall composition.

I believe the M7 meter is slightly improved over
the M6 meter and I have a few more shutter speeds
than you do on "Auto", but in contrasty situations at
least with the 26 the meter works quite well. I guess
you could bracket a bit until you are confident. I have
a Gossen F2 with which I sometimes take incident
readings and frequently the camera meter agrees.

Perhaps you will recall the picture from my B&B
in the Cotswolds which I posted on the Leica Forum?
I think it shows how much resistance the lens has to
veiling glare. Of course, it's damn sharp too! :-)
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/Chipping-Campden/LUG3>
This was taken with the camera meter.

Good Shooting!

William

At 07:27 PM 09/09/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>I've got a softie too!  I'm getting the hang of it, trying
>different techniques (tip of finger vs. 1st/2nd joint with
>tension, etc.)
>
>I've got just a few rolls under my belt with the 28 ASPH.
>I have a .72 and bought the CV 28/35 mini-finder, but
>I'm having some potential trouble with horizontal and
>vertical alignment attempts using the CV finder.
>I also see that I need to get a grip on how the metering
>pattern works with the 28 lens, handling contrasty shots
>and what not.
>
>So while the lens's full glory is still ahead of me, I have
>scanned a roll of color film @ 4000 dpi and had a glimpse
>at its resolving power.  Yummy!
>
>I hope practice makes perfect - or at least adequate in
>my case :-)
>
>Scott