amoebahydra
Established
Yes, I have to admit that I also seldom use this feature as it correlate to 50mm lenses only, it might be OK when M2 was introduced as most people use 50mm those days; now it is far better to use the DOF scale instead. I think for this reason, Leitz no longer provides such feature in subsequent M models. However, this feature make M2 unique in this respect.
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tedwhite
Guest
Re: fatigue using neck strap.
Frankly, after years of walking around with heavy film SLR's hanging from my neck, I hardly notice the weight of my M6. Carrying on a shoulder offers relief but raises the spectre of the strap slipping off the shoulder and the subsequent too-horrible-to-think-of disaster.
As a safeguard, I frequently hang the camera from my shoulder and then don a jacket of some sort. Takes a bit of practice to swing the camera up to eye level but it's really quite do-able. A bonus advantage of this is that the camera remains hidden under the jacket when not in use. You might want to experiment.
I have tried Gordy's wrist strap, and it actually remains on my Bessa R (fitted with the 50/1.8 Canon). But for long term carry it doesn't work too well - sort of like being handcuffed to the camera - and fairly impossible to reach into one's pocket when trying to pay for a cup of coffee.
Drewbarb's idea of using the rigid-frame backpack has merit, but only if you're backpacking.
I have a photograph on the wall next to this computer of Henri Cartier-Bresson, published in Northern Journey Photography shortly after his death, and he's holding the camera just in front of his face and there's this curious lacing of the neck strap on his right forearm (I've tried to duplicate this lacing several times and each attempt has failed miserably) that suggests it might allow the camera to hang from the forearm rather than having to be constantly clutched in the hand. Also, a closer look suggests either a filter or a lens cap in his left hand that seems to be attached to his little finger by a cord? Haven't sorted that out yet.
I guess there are more ways of carrying a Leica than I would have thought.
Frankly, after years of walking around with heavy film SLR's hanging from my neck, I hardly notice the weight of my M6. Carrying on a shoulder offers relief but raises the spectre of the strap slipping off the shoulder and the subsequent too-horrible-to-think-of disaster.
As a safeguard, I frequently hang the camera from my shoulder and then don a jacket of some sort. Takes a bit of practice to swing the camera up to eye level but it's really quite do-able. A bonus advantage of this is that the camera remains hidden under the jacket when not in use. You might want to experiment.
I have tried Gordy's wrist strap, and it actually remains on my Bessa R (fitted with the 50/1.8 Canon). But for long term carry it doesn't work too well - sort of like being handcuffed to the camera - and fairly impossible to reach into one's pocket when trying to pay for a cup of coffee.
Drewbarb's idea of using the rigid-frame backpack has merit, but only if you're backpacking.
I have a photograph on the wall next to this computer of Henri Cartier-Bresson, published in Northern Journey Photography shortly after his death, and he's holding the camera just in front of his face and there's this curious lacing of the neck strap on his right forearm (I've tried to duplicate this lacing several times and each attempt has failed miserably) that suggests it might allow the camera to hang from the forearm rather than having to be constantly clutched in the hand. Also, a closer look suggests either a filter or a lens cap in his left hand that seems to be attached to his little finger by a cord? Haven't sorted that out yet.
I guess there are more ways of carrying a Leica than I would have thought.
Lilserenity
Well-known
Here are a couple of pictures I have scanned. There are more but this is as far as I got last night (I'm very tired after using a computer all day and it's a bit like a bus man's holiday coming home and sitting down at my own!)
Shot with the M2 (obviously), Color Skopar 35mm and Kodak Portra 400NC.
Shot with the M2 (obviously), Color Skopar 35mm and Kodak Portra 400NC.
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Marlon dela Cruz
Marlon
Great read!
I'm in the same pickle at the moment. I'm about to buy my first Leica and I have been offered R3M brand new for less than £200 but I want that 35mm frameline (28 would be ideal). I'm leaning towards the M5 though! Difficult choice!
I'm in the same pickle at the moment. I'm about to buy my first Leica and I have been offered R3M brand new for less than £200 but I want that 35mm frameline (28 would be ideal). I'm leaning towards the M5 though! Difficult choice!