Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel- Don't forget the batteries !!!!!!!!!! Good luck. Stasys On May 15, 2005, at 11:57 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > Ok. Now _that_ would bother me. It would bother me to no end. Of > course with Leica lenses, like people say, just use them wide-open :-) > > Getting jittery. In a couple of hours I "start to leave." I leave home > and then leave Europe on Thursday (6 am) for my yearly Africa stint. > Looking forward to it, nice people, but worried about forgetting > something mundane that can't be had for money somewhere else. > > Worried about flying, about being so far from home ... etc. > > Taking 1 digital body and one lens for it. M2, 21, 35, 50 and 1 > Rolleiflex. Lots of film. Lots of memory. > > Not sure what will stick. I usually go with something and stay with > it. I'm forcing myself to take digital this time. I usually don't. > Some of the stuff might be left behind in Oslo before I leave, but if > I don't take it now, I won't have an option. > > Have to take a laptop anyway for work. Wish it was smaller. > > Daniel > > Doug Herr wrote: >> There's no mechanical or electronic connection between a Leica-R lens >> and a >> Canon EOS camera. Change the aperture ring, the aperture changes. No >> auto/manual switch. >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> on 5/15/05 10:57 PM, Daniel Ridings at daniel.ridings@edd.uio.no >> wrote: >>> I'm trying to think ... isn't that the way the trusty Asahi Pentax >>> Spotmatic SP did it? My brother has mine now, so I can't check. You >>> flipped a switch, took a reading and then flipped the switch back. >>> Revolutionary. >>> >>> It'll work. Has before. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> >>>> So what's the deal you can just use Leica R glass on a Canon in >>>> stop down >>>> metering? >>>> >>>> Like there's a stop down button you press and then take the reading >>>> and set >>>> the camera? >>>> >>>> Or what? >>>> >>>> Mark Rabiner >>>> Photography >>>> Portland Oregon >>>> http://rabinergroup.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >