chad_hahn

<p>As someone who has shot a few rolls of Kodachrome through his IIf meterless I would recommend that you either visit <a href="http://www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm">The Ultimate Exposure Computer</a> or meter off of the grass. Like the previous poster said, you can meter off of pavement as well. The important thing is that you meter for something in the same light as the subject.<br>

I have an Excel file that I made from the previous link that I printed and carry around in my wallet. It is a very handy reference and really doesn't take that long to learn. Remember many people used Kodachrome for many years without a meter.<br>

Good luck on your road trip.<br>

Chad</p>

<p>I found this site that has a pretty good series of photos of dilapidated pictures of Detroit. I haven't been there but from the looks of these photos and what I read in the news it looks like it is becoming a giant ghost town.</p>

<p>Chad</p>

<p>http://reliques.online.fr/detroit/detroit00.html</p>

<p>I have the Domke F6. Right now it has my M6 with 50mm attached, A 35mm Summicron and a 90mm Voightlander. It also has my DV Panasonic video camera a tripod and a flash. That's in the main pouch. In the front pouch are filters and batteries.<br>

The F6 holds what I need in a small package.<br>

Chad</p>

<p>I would say that if you definitely feel the need for flash and want spontaneous pictures then you should bounce your flash into a white card strapped to the flash. This will help eliminate that "flash" look and will be a lot more adaptable to changing situations then multiple slaved flashes.</p>

<p>Chad</p>

<p>They are fun little cameras. With no meter or rangefinder the whole shooting process is pretty much a guessing game. I was showing someone some pictures taken with the camera and they commented that the framing was a little off. I explained about the camera and they said, "I guess you were lucky to get anything with that camera then."</p>

<p>Chad</p>

<p>Brad, <br>

It looks like you gave a homeless guy a Leica and he's thinking, "What the Hell am I going to do with this, it's film!"<br>

Chad</p>

<p>I am a fan of the Olympus XA. About the size of a pack of cigarettes, aperture priority, rangefinder, nice lens, plus they can be had pretty cheap.<br>

Chad</p>

<p>Download a couple copies of the Photographers Bill of Rights and keep them in your camera bag. I had a similar thing happen to me when I took a picture of a sign at run down motel. I was on the sidewalk and never on motel grounds but the owner came after me and told me I couldn't take any pictures of his business. I gave him a copy the the PBR and told him that yes I could. <br>

He huffed and puffed but didn't do anything. It's a shame the picture didn't turn out the way I wanted.</p>

<p>Chad</p>

<p>The places are very far apart here in the Southwest. Also lots of places are connected by narrow winding roads that don't allow for very fast travel. Make sure you have plenty of time for driving between destinations.</p>

<p>Chad</p>

<p>Not that it's much different but here is the list in English.<br>

http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt/english/dispo.html</p>

<p>A bad scan of a Tokyo building.<br>

<img src="http://cdhahn.com/images/niimi.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>I've been camping around there in late April and it was still very cold at night. I would suggest going north from LV through Zion, down to Page and then over to the Grand Canyon.<br>

Chad</p>

<p>Go to a website like http://www.onebag.com/ and figure out how to pare your load down to nothing and then have your camera equipment and clothes/toiletries in one backpack or large Domke style shoulder bag.</p>

<p>Chad</p>

<p>Go to a website like http://www.onebag.com/ and figure out how to pare your load down to nothing and then have your camera equipment and clothes/toiletries in one backpack or large Domke style shoulder bag.</p>

<p>Chad</p>

Recently the State Department put Nogales Sonora on the watch list. There have been instances of Americans being

harassed in that town and American cars being chased on the highway to Hermosillo. I don't know if this is because of

the anti-immigrant sentiment in America or the escalating drug wars happening along the border or both.

I'm not saying to drive, but I would ask around. I have driven down into Mexico many times but in the last year or so

things have gotten crazy along the border and I'm not sure if I would want to anymore. Of course a lot of times things

are blown up out of proportion.

Chad

My late model M6TTL doesn't eat batteries the way the earlier ones do. It still goes through them faster than any of my

other mechanical cameras, I replaced the batteries after about a year compared to can't remember when the last time I

replaced them in my old Nikons.

The M6 has the old viewfinder, but I've only had problems with flare once or twice. You can have the viewfinder replaced

for a few hundred dollars.

For a lot less then half the price, a late model TTL seems to be a really good choice. At least I'm happy with mine.

Chad

Why should we be forced to try an convince you how great Leicas are or are not? If you want to try one try one. Many

(worldwide speaking) shops rent them or maybe someone will loan you theirs and then you can see if they live up to the

hype or not.

I doubt any Ferrari driver will tell you that the gearshift is smooth or that the ride is soft. They might tell you that it needs

a engine rebuild (kind of) every 3000 miles. Even Ferrari won't try and sell you on a Ferrari, they want you to buy a used

one first to see if you really want one before you spend a huge chunk of cash on a new one.

Chad

Buy a Nikon F2. It was the last of the hand built Nikons and costs thousands less than a Leica and has a meter in most

of the prisms. I used my F2 lots more than my M3s or M4.

I don't know if in day to day use I can tell the difference between the M3s or the M4 I used to own compared to my very

late M6TTL. I never owned any of the cameras at the same time so I wasn't able to do a side by side testing of them.

However, I don't think that I would give up my M6 for any other M. Unless someone wanted to trade me it for a custom

made MP :)

Chad

Michael Axel:

"Can I throw in my only rangefinder bargain? Nikon M and 50mm for $25. Even I didn't know what it was worth, but it was a

cool camera. A couple years later I was offered $2500 for it. I said "What?" "

That reminds me that I bought a Nikon SP with 2 50mm lenses at an antique store for $65. I knew it was worth more than

that but when I got home and looked it up on the internet I nearly fainted.

Chad

M3 DS with 50mm Summarit 1.5 in never ready case and Telyt 400mm 5.6 in box with visoflex 1 for $300.00 in the late 80s.

All in absolutely like new condition.

Chad

In his later years he used the Leica Minilux, while not plastic it definitely was a point and shoot.

Chad

I use the alkaline equivalent and haven't had any problems with metering. The battery also lasts nearly forever.

The camera is good, but the meter only works in aperture priority.

Chad

I think the $446 was the list price and the $260 was the street price.

Chad

Not only Leica but Canon and Nikon were also expensive. The price of a Nikon FE2 in 1983 was $446. In today's money that

would be over $900. Of course Leicas were always more expensive but the price of quality photographic gear was expensive.

Of course today, except for Leica, manual focus film cameras and lenses are cheap. But in the digital field, high end cameras

and lenses are still expensive.

Chad