[LRflex] Re: Introducting myself

Thanks Phil. I just loaded the first roll and noticed
the tabs on film take-up spool are a bit loose. I'll
watch out for light leak. The 50mm F2 may have a
diameter of 45mm. Can you or someone recommend places
to get filters or step-up rings. I found myself
thinking more about camera care than I used to...

--- Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ps : forgot to tell you
> a) good news : you can trust the R4 as to light
> measurement 
> (particularly spot measurement of course) ; my Nikon
> and Pentaxes needed 
> a lot of adjustment as the cells would invariably
> take the sky (or upper 
> part of the mirror) as their reference :-(  not so
> with the R4. :-)
> b) not so good news : you'd better check on the
> seals prior to embarking 
> on taking several rolls in a row as the foam tends
> to "rot" and get 
> sticky and let unwanted light in - I fixed mine
> after discovering that I 
> had lost my holiday slides last Easter on account of
> this - the film 
> window seal is crucial too - should your R4 leak
> from there a small bit 
> of black adhesive tape on the back can do the trick
> as a makeshift.
> My advice: shoot a short roll and ask for processing
> and sample print 
> fast, then you'll know.
> Phileica
> 
> 
> Philippe Amard wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >No Chang, Leica is not part of my name, but part of
> my life. I had been 
> >dreaming of Leicas since I first could use one when
> I was 16 - I'm 49 
> >now. And I had promised myself I'd have one for my
> 40th birthday at the 
> >latest. I now own an R3 (this one's heavy and not
> so compact) and an R4 
> >(which I found on Ebay for a couple of bucks and
> whose feel reminds me 
> >of my 139 Contax progam T and P modes apart)
> >As to the nickname, my friend is called Alice and
> guess what; Alice and 
> >Leica are anagrams ;-)  Phil in greek means "love"
> so I love Alice and 
> >Leicas altogether - Simple.
> >Have a nice weekend - weather prmitting I'm going
> to try my luck at a 
> >flock of storks which we spotted a fortnight ago -
> hope they haven't 
> >migrated yet ...
> >Yours
> >Phileica
> >
> >yong chang wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Thank you, Phileica (is this "leica" part of your
> real
> >>name?). I'll be using it. It's a heavy camera!
> >>
> >>--- Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Welcome too!
> >>>I own an R4 - DK if I make the most of it, but I
> >>>like it better than 
> >>>other cameras I had before and even after ;-)
> >>>Good luck and a long and happy life to both of
> you
> >>>Phileica (France)
> >>>



        
                
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