roland
Member
Well, after much deliberation I have just sent off payment on a iiia. Can't wait to get it and throw a roll of Fomapan 100 (my current favourite) through it! Thanks for all the advice and help (even if I ignored some of it 
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BillBingham2
Registered User
Just for giggles, take some time (perhaps the evening when you get her) and dry fire (wind, fire the shutter, wind, fire, wind.....) 100 times going from high to low (or the other way) shutter speeds and repeat this operation 10 times. This will help loosen up the shutter lubricants. Do it while watching TV. Listen to how the sound of the shutter changes from beginning to end.
While it may get your family a bit mad, it helps in the long run.
B2 (;->
While it may get your family a bit mad, it helps in the long run.
B2 (;->
alternatve
Well-known
BillBingham2 said:
Hmm, thanks for the tip.
I'm going to do so right after I finish my roll of XP-2.
Samuel
roland
Member
They'll already be mad at me for buying another camera so it can't hurt!BillBingham2 said:
Jocko
Off With The Pixies
BillBingham2 said:
Good advice Bill, and it reminds me of the immortal words of Lancelot Vining -
"When you first get your 35mm Camera, find a comfortable chair, fill your pipe or light a cigarette and before loading with film, run through all the movements required in taking a picture and do these over and over again until you are "feel" perfect and you will not be this until you can carry out all movements whilst blindfolded or in the dark" (My Way With a Miniature, 1941).
This is known in the trade as "Leica Tai Chi", for the masters of blindfolded photography in the dark shall attain the elusive grace of the immortals, for whom all moments are decisive
Yours on the path, Ian
BillBingham2
Registered User
He should practice loading her too.
Leica Tai Chi is like the way I load metal reels, with my eyes closed (in the dark room) as that is the way I learned it best! Not that anyone can see my eyes are closed.
B2 (;->
Leica Tai Chi is like the way I load metal reels, with my eyes closed (in the dark room) as that is the way I learned it best! Not that anyone can see my eyes are closed.
B2 (;->
brachal
Refrigerated User
BillBingham2 said:
Is this amount of wear and tear really good for a 50 - 60 year old camera with a cloth shutter? I'm asking, not telling ... I really don't know, but would like to. My "new" IIIf came yesterday (first Leica!), and I'm a little nervous about dry firing 1000 times. Eep. Thanks.