[LRflex] Re: Motor drive problem
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:20:44 -0800
Tim,
Get the manual.
Jerry
Tim Bedsted wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> read the post no manual!
>
>
> Tim
>
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> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc:
> 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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