swi Posted September 28, 2009 Share #1 Posted September 28, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have a long history of using film cameras, including Leicas, but having exclusively changed to digital SLR's etc. for the past several years, I have got used to digital. I just recently got an M8 to add to my various odd Digital cameras. However, today when I went to unload the SD card, the act of taking off the baseplate suddenly gave me an eerie feeling that I had better check that the film was rewound in case I fogged it. I found the "unloading" act so similar to my long forgotten M3, that I had to stop for a minute and think! Anybody else had this experience? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wda Posted September 28, 2009 Share #2 Posted September 28, 2009 After six months, I still do! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photon42 Posted September 28, 2009 Share #3 Posted September 28, 2009 I have a long history of using film cameras, including Leicas, but having exclusively changed to digital SLR's etc. for the past several years, I have got used to digital. I just recently got an M8 to add to my various odd Digital cameras. However, today when I went to unload the SD card, the act of taking off the baseplate suddenly gave me an eerie feeling that I had better check that the film was rewound in case I fogged it. I found the "unloading" act so similar to my long forgotten M3, that I had to stop for a minute and think! Anybody else had this experience? Be careful when you use a film leica again ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaMSeattle Posted September 28, 2009 Share #4 Posted September 28, 2009 I've always made it a habit to crank the rewind once to feel for film tension before opening any camera, like racking the slide of a semi-automatic to make sure the chamber is empty. Since the M8 doesn't have the rewind and a sheet of glass across the back, it's never a problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_newell Posted September 28, 2009 Share #5 Posted September 28, 2009 I almost laughed out loud the first time I took the baseplate off. It's a charming anachronism, really. I like my M8! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljclark Posted September 29, 2009 Share #6 Posted September 29, 2009 Old habits. I still find myself reflexively turning my back to the sun when I take off the baseplate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted September 29, 2009 Share #7 Posted September 29, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) When I first got the M8 I continually grabbed the body on the wrong end to take the baseplate off. I always held the body on the viewfinder window side on Film M to undo the baseplate. So I started doing that on the M8. It took me a while to get out of that habbit and now when I use a film M I grab it the same as the M8 which to me is funny because I then have to turn the camera around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marquinius Posted September 29, 2009 Share #8 Posted September 29, 2009 Isn't that one of the things Leica did on purpose, to keep that feeling? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhoersch Posted September 29, 2009 Share #9 Posted September 29, 2009 Isn't that one of the things Leica did on purpose, to keep that feeling? That's a nostaligic feeling I could do very well without. Every time I put my M8 on a tripod I wonder if the latch will break and the M8 and Summilux shatter on the ground... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_newell Posted September 29, 2009 Share #10 Posted September 29, 2009 Yes, yet another of the things that reminds me of the M5, which was "backward" in this respect. When I first got the M8 I continually grabbed the body on the wrong end to take the baseplate off. I always held the body on the viewfinder window side on Film M to undo the baseplate. So I started doing that on the M8. It took me a while to get out of that habbit and now when I use a film M I grab it the same as the M8 which to me is funny because I then have to turn the camera around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpattinson Posted September 29, 2009 Share #11 Posted September 29, 2009 And then there is forgetting to wind on your film M because you've been using the M8 too much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_newell Posted September 29, 2009 Share #12 Posted September 29, 2009 And then there is forgetting to wind on your film M because you've been using the M8 too much You should sell the M8 and buy an RD-1 - that'll solve that for you... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtoh Posted September 30, 2009 Share #13 Posted September 30, 2009 Old habits. I still find myself reflexively turning my back to the sun when I take off the baseplate. I can imagine that, we can only laugh at ourselves. Flickr: dtoh's Photostream Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted September 30, 2009 Share #14 Posted September 30, 2009 I keep mounting the M8 baseplate backwards, because I am still used to the way it mounted on the film M's. Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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