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    CLA or not?

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    Great. Thanks people. I guess cheaping out on a CLA is not an option compared to the longevity of the equipment.

     

    Also, thanks for the comments on the pictures. I would love to have taken more but it is challenging to take decent street pictures because people either cover their face or demand money from you afterwards. Shooting with ISO 100 is not bad, but a few instances I did miss out on many great pictures because of low light. Having said that I'm still glad I took the Leica instead of my digital SLR. It is just a great travel camera.

    CLA or not?

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    Just came back from a trip to Morocco and I encountered some problems with my

    Leica. After a visit to the Sahara, I noted some minor grinding when turning

    the aperture knob. It was never stiff but I can definitely feel the sand in

    there. After a day it went away and now it turns smoothly. I don't see any

    sand through the lens as far as I can tell.

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    Also, after that I had three rolls of 36 exposure film that became difficult

    to wind after around 26 exposures, one of which I actually broke the film.

    This has never happened to me before. This would happen sporadically, some

    rolls wind fine, some didn't. Coincidentally I also noticed that the top

    plate is just slightly loose, with maybe at most 1mm of play. Not sure if

    that has anything to do with it.

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    Anyway do you guys think I should send this in for CLA? The lens appear to be

    back to normal, but the thought of sand in the mechanism kind of bothers me.

    The body is otherwise in good shape and I wonder if my problem is something I

    can fix myself?

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    BTW, some pictures from Morocco, if you're interested, are at <A

    HREF=http://www.paulchiu.com/Mar07.htm>http://www.paulchiu.com/Mar07.htm</A>

    Tanzania with the Leica.

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    Thank you everyone. Tanzania was a great place with beautiful scenary and animals. I consciously tried to avoid the standard safari shots, but of course you can't really avoid it. Of the 800+ shots that I took (digital+film) there were plenty of standard lion shots and such, but I really like those that suggest an experience rather than show what the animal looks like.

     

    And Eric, that shot with the elephants happen to be one of my favorites even though it's not shot with the Leica. I'm planning on blowing it up and hanging it on my wall.

     

    Andrea, I do have a lot of pictures of people, but my skills in that area still needs improving. Also I'm always worried that by taking travel pictures of locals that I'll be misrepresenting them culturally since I don't spend much time with them. It's more of a personal choice that I don't put them up. Believe me, there's nothing I love more than to be able to take good portraits.

    Tanzania with the Leica.

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    Thanks Steve. Some of the colors were punched up a little in Photoshop, which might be too much for some. Velvia is already pretty saturated but I tend to underexpose and have to enhance it a little. As for the polarizer, I do have one for the digital but not for the Leica. Most of the time it didn't really seem necessary.

    Tanzania with the Leica.

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    Just got back from Tanzania after spending three weeks there

    climbing Kilimanjaro and doing a safari. What an amazing

    experience. Brought my M6/35mm Summicron with me on the climb and

    on safari, along with my Canon 10D. The Leica performed flawlessly

    and it was good to have something I can depend on for the summit.

    Shot only with the standard Velvia and Provia 100F, with some good

    results. It's even pretty useful on safari since you get sick of

    close-ups of animals pretty quickly.

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    I've posted some of my favorite Leica photos on the site, so check

    them out if you can. Comments, questions, ratings are welcome.

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    <A HREF=http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=405539>Click

    here for the Tanzania folder.</A><div>008YZu-18394884.jpg.bff8bc590deaac6a4e06e7659f26a86e.jpg</div>

    My Favorite 10.

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    Posted a link to this earlier, but it was nested in another thread.

    Added some comments to the pictures, so I hope it will be slightly

    more interesting this time around. Here's the <A

    HREF=http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?

    presentation_id=224612>link</A>.

    decent slide scannner anyone?

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    I agree with Robert. I'd steer clear of the Pacific Image 1800. I was ready to sell it after a month of using it, and after a year of trying to get the most of it, I finally sold it. You can get much better image quality for the money. The scans never look right straight from the scanner, and even with photoshop (which I am decent at), I was never able to get the image to be a good match for the slide. And don't even mention B&W negs. It's totally unuseable for that.

    Reporting in after two months with DSLR's -- not OT, but lengthy

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    I never understood why there is such a debate about film vs. digital, especially in this forum. I'll bet that over 75% of the people in this forum have more than one camera body, and if that is the case, why not just use both? I do. Digital for the convenience, film for the joy of it. Even with two different mediums, it never really is an issue with me which camera I want to use for a particular situation; there is always one camera that is better for a particular situation (for me, at least). And even if I brought the "wrong" camera with me, I know that either is capable of taking an acceptable picture. If I am doing this professionally, I would probably have a different opinion, but even then, I would just take both with me "just in case."

    Rangefinders: Personal favourite..

    in Leica and Rangefinders

    Posted

    The Olympus XA was my first camera. It had a fixed 28mm lens I think, about the size of the Elph, and a very quiet shutter (more so than the Leica). It is not completely manual though, and operates only in AE mode. Had decent pictures from it, and you can buy a used one in nice condition for about $100 or less.
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