I cannot possibly imagin having a working leica and not at least trying a roll. I'm not a huge rangefinder fan but there is something nice about the pure manual operation. Its why I like my k1000 so much, though I must admit I found a zx-7 for $15 (with an fa 28-80 no less) in a thrift store with a nice pentax bag to go with it. It looks like they used it maybe twice at the most. Ever since that has been my go to camera for tri-x. The mount is non crippled and metering works well. The shutter sounds nice too. Its plasticky, but very light. A nice complement to a dslr. I would love a film leica. Sorry for the OT ramble....
Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >I think you are right Zos. All I can recall clearly is that my thumb >severely mangled the moving part of the shutter mechanism. The damaged >cloth shutter I was thinking of was in the Leica I inherited and had to >have repaired. Still haven't put any film through that paper weight! > >stan > >On Jan 31, 2013, at 7:37 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > >> Didn't the pz-1p have a titanium vertical shutter? I think it would >be pretty hard to get to 1/8000 with a cloth shutter.... >> >> Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote: >>>>> On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> People have mentioned a concern with "losing" cards as a reason >to >>> go >>>>>>> with smaller cards, thereby minimizing the quantity of images >that >>>>>>> might be lost. I have two thoughts about that. First, if it is a >>> 32GB >>>>>>> or 64GB card in the camera and I almost certainly won't fill the >>> card >>>>>>> in one day of vacation/travel shooting, then the card stays in >the >>>>>>> camera all day. The only way to lose it is to lose the camera. >If >>> it >>>>>>> is a smaller capacity card that I need to swap out during the >day, >>>>>>> then there would be more chance of physically losing or damaging >>> the >>>>>>> card during or after a card swap. The second kind of "lose" of >>> images >>>>>>> could be from a failure of the SD card itself. Again, I assume >>> that >>>>>>> less handling of the cards will reduce the chance of causing >>> damage >>>>>>> to the cards, and again the strategy of "big card, don't swap" >>> makes >>>>>>> sense to me. >>>>>> >>>>>> How do you back up your day's shooting? >>>>> >>>>> Download to my laptop (using LR) with a backup to an external hard >>> drive. >>>>> >>>>> Depending on card capacity, how many cards I have with me, what is >>> up >>>>> the next day, etc. I may just put the card back in the camera or I >>> may >>>>> store it and put in a fresh card. At the end of a trip I would >like >>>>> to have three copies of everything: laptop hard drive, external >hard >>>>> drive, and originals on the card(s). If I am running short of >space >>> on >>>>> the card(s) I'll go ahead and reformat one or two but I try to >avoid >>>>> that just to be safe. >>>> >>>> Okay, so you do pop the card out to download -- that wasn't clear >>> from >>>> your previous post. >>>> -- >>> >>> Yes, but only in the peace and quiet of a hotel room, etc. >>> Back in the BD era (before digital), I was in a dugout canoe being >>> taken across a small river in Panama on my way to visit a native >>> village, a village noted for their artisans. Reallylooking forward >to >>> some shots of the locals at work and of thier finished product. >Spotted >>> a couple of Ibis along the shore. Snapped the last frame on the roll >in >>> the camera (PZ-1p), quickly rewound, reloaded. In my haste, a >certain >>> amount of rocking back and forth of the dugout ensued. No, I didn't >>> drop either film or camera in the river. Instead I poked my thumb >>> through the cloth shutter curtain. The end of photography for that >>> trip. Lesson 1: it is worth the bother to carry a 2nd camera. Lesson >2: >>> don't try to change film in a dugout canoe while in the middle of a >>> river. I have since extrapolated #2 to a more general lesson: don't >>> change recording media in the heat of the moment; wait for a quiet >time >>> and place, thus avoiding potential disasters that might befall media >>> and/or camera. >>> >>> stan >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
