Philippe, I'm impressed by the beautiful colors in these photos. Will see how my first roll comes out in next day or two. Thanks and happy shooting... Richard --- Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Chang > Plastic tabs are indeed not so robust as one might > wish, you're right - > I have one broken on the R3 MOT (no surprise here), > it doesn't affect > opertion so long as you're careful when loading. > > If you still have doubts about light measurement > look here - t > <http://perso.numericable.fr/%7Ephamard/Divers/pagedivers.html>he > > picture isn't worth much, but the camera did its job > alright as far as > metering is concerned i'd say - it looks much nicer > though when > projected from the original slide. Comments - > positive or negative - are > welcome of course. > > Filters : Ebay might be a way to find some. Other, > second hand shops, or > maybe someone on the list - good luck > > Let us know when you have some results > Phileica - who's sorry as the storks have already > left for better climates > > yong chang wrote: > > >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) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > >http://mail.yahoo.com > >------ > >Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > >Archives are at: > > www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > > > > > > > > > > === message truncated === __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/