[LRflex] Re: Introducting myself
- From: Philippe Amard <phamard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:01:32 +0200
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)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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