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Leica Film Odyssey for a beginner


Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS

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Some societies have a point where they release the learner to the wild.

This might be a good time to do so for the OP.

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Oh no....not when we still have the Film Process & Print Episode to come....

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Anyone tried one of these on a M6 ttl

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I had one on my Monochrom and loved it, just not sure if it would interfere with the cocking leaver??

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Funny.....the reason these types of devices were created was to mimic the gripping technique provided by the traditional film M advance lever.   :)

 

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I like it for the 2nd hot shoe that I like to use for the 21mm viewfinder.....saves shoving your nose into the RF Viewfinder :) :)

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Exactly, Neil you just hook your thumb behind the film wind on lever to help carry and/or stabilise the camera which is what we all did for years with almost all 35mm film cameras. This device is simply to reproduce this on digital M cameras

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But the offset is probably too great to use a 21mm finder that far over to the side

 

it worked perfectly on my MM

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Somebody else is using it on a M3 so just curious if anyone here is using it and does/will it impede the cocking mechanism??

 

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Funny.....the reason these types of devices were created was to mimic the gripping technique provided by the traditional film M advance lever.   :)

 

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I just had a play with that and I find it difficult to use the cocking handle like a thumbs up. When I put any weight on it it just wants to wind the film on.......confused

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I just had a play with that and I find it difficult to use the cocking handle like a thumbs up. When I put any weight on it it just wants to wind the film on.......confused

 

This just gets better and better.

 

After you've wound the film on, you then bring the camera up to your eye to take a picture.  The lever is then a convenient place for your thumb.  I'm not quite sure when you would want to rest your thumb on the lever if you haven't wound the film on ...

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Okay I got it. ..........I'm used to walking around with the Q with my thum on the thumbs up

 

 

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Anyway I'm going to try one on my camera later today and see if the cocking arm fouls on the thins up

Like I said I want it for the second hot shoe.

Worst case scenario I just get it and get the rig welder to lob the thins up bitty off[emoji3]

 

 

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