[LRflex] Re: Motor drive problem

Jerry,
 
read the post no manual!
 
 
Tim

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        From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Jerry Lehrer 
        Sent: Sat 25/02/2006 4:47 AM 
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        Subject: [LRflex] Re: Motor drive problem
        
        

        Tim
        
        I would apply the first thing I learned in flight school; " If 
everything else
        fails, RTFM!!"
        
        Jerry
        
        Tim Bedsted wrote:
        
        > Hello,
        >
        > I have an issue with my newly acquired motor-drive.
        >
        > When I insert a new film and closes the backdoor, it will keep 
clicking and winding film, but the film counter wil not increment past 00 and 
so in the end the release button will stay limp. I didn't get the manual with 
my motor-drive, so am I doing something wrong here? Everything else works 
brilliantly.
        >
        > Regards,
        > Tim
        >
        >         -----Original Message-----
        >         From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Andy 
Wagner
        >         Sent: Sat 25/02/2006 12:34 AM
        >         To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        >         Cc:
        >         Subject: [LRflex] Re: DMR question .
        >
        >
        >
        >         Thanks for the suggestion Jerry I'll give it a try
        >         Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  Andy,
        >
        >         I have seen digi output directed to a large LCD screen (not 
plasma), but shadow detail suffered.
        >
        >         You can do that yourself. Take your digi-card or DVD to your 
local Mega electronics store
        >         and have it displayed on an LCD or Plasma screen. Let us know 
what you think about it.
        >
        >         I think that computer monitors have a finer definition than 
TV Hi-Def screens. IMBW.
        >
        >         Jerry
        >
        >         Andy Wagner wrote:
        >
        >         > OK guys let me throw another monkey wrench into the 
discussion here. The computer and Tv are very quickly joining forces. What I'm 
curious is instead of projecting from your computer to digital projector, what 
would the results be if output were directed to a high def plasma screen TV?
        >         > And I also have my worries about digital storage of my 
pictures--anybody out there still using 5.5 floppies?
        >         > David Young wrote:
        >         > Jerry Lehrer wrote:
        >         >
        >         > >Bill,
        >         > >
        >         > >Wow! You spent over a kilobuck for slide processing, 
right? Can I assume
        >         > >that you do the same with slides as I do? Project them 
with a Leica projector?
        >         > >
        >         > >Now if you go digital, WTF would you do to equal that? 
When using digital,
        >         > >you would have to make prints, right? I have seen the best 
digital projectors,
        >         > >
        >         > >and their results would make me sick. There is nothing to 
equal a good 35mm
        >         > >slide, except a 6x6cm Hasselblad or Rolleiflex side.
        >         > >
        >         > >For prints, I am sure that digital will approach equality 
with color negative
        >         > >film.
        >         > >
        >         > >Jerry
        >         > >
        >         > >
        >         > G'Mornin' Jerry!
        >         >
        >         > You are right... nothing equals a good slide, and digital 
projectors
        >         > are, at this stage, lousy.
        >         >
        >         > However, digital shots, when displayed on a good monitor, 
have a
        >         > luminosity which is very close to a slide. After all, the 
light is
        >         > coming from behind the image, and shadow detail lost in 
prints is quite
        >         > visible on the screen. Of course, it's a rather small 
'screen', as
        >         > compared to a projector's' screen, but then, how many folks 
look at
        >         > slides these days?
        >         >
        >         > I know that about 10 years ago, I moved to colour neg film, 
simply
        >         > because nobody, not even my ex, wanted to look at my 
slides. Bring out
        >         > the projector and they run! Yet, put an album in front of 
them, and
        >         > they'll happily browse through the photos - sometimes for 
hours!
        >         >
        >         > It's probably true, that digital might not equal a good 
slide... though
        >         > I believe that DM-R shots on a screen, can comes close. At 
print sizes
        >         > of 12"x18" or less, top line digital images can certainly 
equal the best
        >         > results from film when printed.
        >         >
        >         > As Tim Bedsted said:
        >         >
        >         > >To me the really tragic thing about digital is the digital 
P&S cameras. I have yet to see pictures comparable to what one can obtain with 
old P&S film based cameras, and lets face it the vast majority of human 
content/historic pictures are taken with such instruments.
        >         > >
        >         > >
        >         > This is sad, because most folks take photos to preserve the 
memories of
        >         > their kids and holidays. Not only is low priced digital not 
up to the
        >         > quality standards of P&S film based cameras, the images 
take more effort
        >         > to store. You need to write a CD-Rom and then re-copy it to 
fresh media
        >         > or new formats every 3 to 4 years. If you do, there is no 
reason that
        >         > digital images should not survive for a very long time. The 
sad truth,
        >         > however, is that people put their slides and negatives away 
and never
        >         > touch them for a decade or more. Then, they dig them out 
and have some
        >         > prints made. With black and white, that's fine if they're 
simply kept
        >         > dry. With colour negs/slides it *may* be fine, depending on 
the storage
        >         > methods and original film choice. But for digital, it's not 
so fine.
        >         > Those photos are simply not going to be there for them. :-( 
Very sad,
        >         > indeed.
        >         >
        >         > Just some random thoughts from a randomly organized brain.
        >         >
        >         > Cheers!
        >         >
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        >         > Logan Lake, BC
        >         > CANADA.
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