Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was a photographer for 30 years and never heard the term "CLA" anywhere. Central Linguistics agency? But joined gear lists and thought it was a nice little acronym and started using it myself. None of my photographer friends of course had any clue what I was talking about but I'd tell them the little secret. But I believe the term has firmly kicked in... Not because of me.... And has become much more common in the vernacular. So its one of the few acronyms I fall sway to. On this list perhaps there are lots of engineers. Is that it? And the porpoise is not to communicate; as what happens in cult like environs. The purpose is to impress others by how many acronyms one can have in one post. But its calmed down a bit. Possibly because I make a big deal about it most times. And a few others are starting two. A post is an email on a list. A crisp one is Post Tostie. Mark William Rabiner > From: Gary Dalton <grdalton@hotmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:07:09 -0800 > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Thanks... > > > Okay... Good advice... > > This next question should provide you with a better context for this email > exchange: > > What is a "CLA?" > > > (Did I tell you that I am a rookie?) > > > > > >> From: ricc@embarqmail.com >> To: lug@leica-users.org >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks... >> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 17:44:26 -0500 >> >> >> On Jan 9, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Gary Dalton wrote: >> >>> So, to start with, I'm going to shoot with each of my five lenses at >>> different f-stops and speeds. I'll record that data and compare it >>> with the prints to see what I've got... >>> >>> How's that sound for a starting point? >> >> Deadly boring. >> >> Lenses: Twist the aperture rings back and forth and rack the focus a >> few times each. If they work, they work. >> >> If one is inoperative or overly tight, get a CLA. >> >> Shutter: Give it a few clicks at each speed to exercise it. You can >> likely tell if it's pretty close to right by looking and listening. >> >> Use one lens to run through as much of the shutter speed range as you >> can at the beginning of the roll. >> >> Use the rest of the roll to take interesting pictures and to have fun. >> >> Develop and look at negatives. >> >> If the negatives look good, repeat as necessary, skipping the test >> part of the roll. >> >> If the exposures are really bad and unpredictable, get a CLA for the >> camera. >> >> Ric Carter >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information