Ken,
Those large changing bags are used by photo labs to load paper rolls in the
paper cartridges used by minilab machines. Many of them even have a metal
frame that unfolds to hold the bag up like a tent. I worked in a one hour
lab for several yrs when I was in college and we had these.
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Chris Crawford
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On 6/19/09 1:23 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/5hy62k
>>
>> I handled the all black version.
>>
>> You would surely trade up / trade in your OM3T for this camera. I would in
>> a
>> flash but then I have a late model of the original mechanical version which
>> inspired this present day offering.
>>
>
>
> Well, here's what I'd probably do. I'd keep the entire OM system and dump
> digital entirely to get the Leica with a few select lenses. From a
> practical perspective, the Zeiss Ikon probably would fit me a little better.
> But sometimes "better" isn't best--not when you figure that it's a one in a
> lifetime kind of thing.
>
> This year I've been making a concerted effort to shoot the OM system like it
> is a Leica. What a difference it actually makes. I'm MUCH more in tune
> with the subject than I've ever been. An SLR with focus screen is actually a
> barrier between you and your subject. With a Leica (or similar RF of decent
> quality), you are looking directly at your subject and part of your subject.
> With an SLR, you're looking not at the subject but of a picture of the
> subject. Working with floating frame-lines is also very much a different
> experience.
>
> I had gotten out my old Yashica GS (sold the GSNs) and played around with it
> a bit recently. No battery and it's no longer usable, but I was trying to
> understand the gestalt of RF cameras better. It came back to me what it was
> about RFs that I did not like:
>
> 1. It wasn't an SLR
> 2. Anybody who could afford one always got an SLR--only poor people had the
> old cameras.
> 3. Billy V., my school buddy and biggest competitor to me had money and an
> SLR (his paper route was bigger than mine)
> 4. No zoom lens--zooms were cool
> 5. Rangefinder spot was hard to use for tracking indoor basketball (HS
> yearbook pictures)
> 6. No motordrive
> 7. No supertelephotos
>
> But there were things I did like:
>
> 1. The framelines allowed me to see what was coming in from the sides
> (action shots) and more quickly adapt
> 2. Extremely easy to focus in dim light
> 3. Quiet (leaf shutter in the Yashica was just a click)
> 4. Instant response
>
> As you can see, I was emotionally predisposed to wanting to shoot an SLR.
> It's not that there was really anything wrong with shooting what I had, but
> I had a mental block on the whole affair. Years later, I've been through a
> couple of medium and large-format cameras with rangefinders. Unfortunately,
> they didn't work the same as a decent little 35mm RF. The spots were not
> large, clear or bright. And the base was too short, as in the XA.
>
> With this current library project, I'm forced to get the darkroom back in
> shape again and I'm reacquiring lots of 4x5 infrastructure--just need to
> find a camera to go along with it. But maybe someday, instead of that
> sportscar my wife has promised I can get, I'll get a Leica kit instead.
>
> Oh, speaking of darkroom stuff. You wouldn't believe what just landed on my
> desk while typing this. A changing bag. Several years ago it was being
> thrown out and somebody snatched it up. This isn't any ol' changing bag.
> It's at least a meter square!!!! I've never seen one anywhere near this
> size before. It's huge!
>
> AG
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