Re: LX: Re: TLR finders (was: Re: What is the most quiet body?)

2002-04-24 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Some lenses still cause a bit of a ping, or metallic sound. I use that lens/hood/camera combination, too. Nice lookin' setup, especially with a custom made ebony grip and a blacked-out Pentax logo. Rob Studdert wrote: > Later LX containing the re-designed shutter > mechanism seem to have lost

Re: LX: Re: TLR finders (was: Re: What is the most quiet body?)

2002-04-24 Thread Rob Studdert
On 24 Apr 2002 at 19:54, Tonghang Zhou wrote: > Nothing beats a range finder for the quietness, an advantage of Leica. Have a listen to the leaf shutter on a Mamiya 7 :-) > The LX's shutter has this distinctive ping in it unlike any other > camera I know. Perhaps the shutter spring is a bit st

Re: Re: TLR finders (was: Re: What is the most quiet body?)

2002-04-24 Thread Mishka
this sunday i took a walk with LX/grip B and 24/2.8 with rectangular hood on it. it sure does have a killer look! > But the black LX with grip B is just the coolist looking camera you ever > see. The famed Nikon F3 doesn't come close. I put a K35/3.5 on my LX > with the Nikon HN-2 black metal h

LX: Re: TLR finders (was: Re: What is the most quiet body?)

2002-04-24 Thread Tonghang Zhou
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Paul F. Stregevsky wrote: > Mishka wrote: > For super-quiet, undisturbing "stealth" shooting, i think nothing beats > a tlr -- especially since you are composing there without pointing it (or, > rather, looking) directly at your subject/object. oh well, pentax doesn't > make

Re: TLR finders (was: Re: What is the most quiet body?)

2002-04-24 Thread Mishka
that's FF-1 i believe. i relaly like FE-1 though: 1.35 magnification beats everything else. you look straight down and do see a reversed image, but that doesn't bother me (did i mention 1.35 mag?). after i use it, the standard prism (which is quite good, 0.9x i think) looses its appeal -- it feel