If anyone wants a real Leica, they should take care not to buy a Russian Fed 1, which is what you have (the giveaway feature is the shroud around the shutter release button).
Regards,
David
Why dont you have (find/bye) a 'real' Leica.. Like my 'new' Leica II (1940) ... take a look at this link: http://www.fotokritik.dk/kritik.html?pic=353289....
Never had anything like that.....
Erik
(now in Jasper National Park (AL,Ca))
If anyone wants a real Leica, they should take care not to buy a Russian Fed 1, which is what you have (the giveaway feature is the shroud around the shutter release button).
Regards,
David
No David ...My father have had this camera from about 1950.... he probaly had it second hand...... not sure.... but it is no russian.....
You are wrong.....
erik
Dear Lee,I'm sure a wrist strap works well for some people but, for me, it takes my right hand out of the equation for anything except holding the camera. Sometimes I need the use of both hands at the same time. Maybe to lift my glass of beer while trying to get the attention of the pretty young waitress to bring another round. So, I'll stick to neck straps. Besides, I can carry more than one camera at the same time that way.
Dear Lee,
Seconded! I have a couple of wrist straps from the 1930s (one I think is genuine Leica) but whenever I've tried using them I've found exactly the same problems.
As for the Great Shutter Release Controversy, once you've unscrewed (and lost) the original surround, which had happened before I bought my IIIa in about 1969, you can put all manner of aftermarket collars on them. As far as I recall this even includes the retaining collar for the valve on a bicycle inner tube, which would pass for the Leica original to all save an eagle-eyed collector.
Cheers,
Roger
I like my wrist strap better.Yes, THIS one: http://www.leicagoodies.com/ --> SLING
Me too. And of course the weight of my Nikons (or my Leicas) is highly dependent upon the lens attached. But the Nikons always come out heavier.If you read the posts, you'll see that first Eddy called me "silly" for suggesting the use of a camera strap on a Leica, then went on to say camera straps are for big heavy cameras like Nikons - my only point was that not all SLR's are big and heavy. BTW -I have Nikons and a Leica and enjoy using them all equally well.
i have a leica mainly because
i like to wrestle with my film
as i load it into the back of the camera.
"other" cameras are too easy to load.
john
I'm sure a wrist strap works well for some people but, for me, it takes my right hand out of the equation for anything except holding the camera. Sometimes I need the use of both hands at the same time. Maybe to lift my glass of beer while trying to get the attention of the pretty young waitress to bring another round. So, I'll stick to neck straps. Besides, I can carry more than one camera at the same time that way.
Me too. And of course the weight of my Nikons (or my Leicas) is highly dependent upon the lens attached. But the Nikons always come out heavier.
And I hope you didn't take the "silly" comment seriously...
It's a wrist strap, not a hand strap. So the camera can dangle from my wrist whilst I use both my hands for... umm, whatever I need them for. It's really not a problem.
I have, in the heat of battle, used three Leica M's at once, each with a different lens: M6 with 50mm with wrist strap on left hand, M3 with 90mm on right, and M4-2 with 35mm on a neck strap. One does have to be a bit careful not to let the two wrist-strap cameras clang into each other...
I guess that's why SLR shooters like zoom lenses.
Dear John,
There's the problem. You should be loading it into the bottom.
MUCH easier.
Just as easy as any other camera, in fact...
Cheers,
R.
. Your hips are the best place to carry extra weight.
That's not what my wife said when she was squeezing into a pair of jeans from her teen-age years!
Sorry, but your limb is cracking....I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you have mostly MF Nikon gear. I believe that my N80 with to 50mm f/1.8 AF lens is lighter than an M body alone. Of course the M is much tougher, but that just isn't very important to me. I'm not a photojournalist or a professional photographer and can afford to treat my cameras gently.
It depends on what, where, and how you are shooting, of course. For the kind of shooting I normally do with Leicas (street work, dance and theater, mostly) the wrist straps are the ideal solution to my particular problem. The camera is right at hand, quickly accessible, and fast to shoot. It's a perfect tool for the jobs I use it for. Other tools work better for other jobs, and I use them when I do those other jobs.Still seems a little limiting to me. I'm sure that you don't want the camera dangling from your wrist banging into whatever you are grabbing with your hand. Frankly my preferred method of carrying my camera is in a pocket. I generally use the strap around either my neck or wrist as insurance against dropping my camera while using it. Carrying on my wrist gets in the way and carrying in on my neck rapidly makes my neck quite sore. The other issue with carrying it on my neck is the camera ends up at just the right height to clock my son in the head anytime I bend down to him. I think the ideal way to carry a camera may be something based on a hip pack. Your hips are the best place to carry extra weight.
Sorry, but your limb is cracking....
I do still have (and adore) an FE2, but my other Nikons are F100 and D200. None are heavyweights, but f2.8 zoom lenses attached to them weigh a ton!
"Second, for short lenses, rangefinder focusing is more accurate than SLR focusing. Of course for long lenses, the SLR has the focusing advantage." Quote.
Except with short lenses you've got more depth of field so your rangefinder soars where it's needed the least! Great rationalization! Money well spent no doubt!
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