wintoid
Back to film
Ahhh I see, thanks
sanmich
Mentor
Al Kaplan said:
Al
I guess you 're right. Thanks for your remark.
I just meant any religious ceremony as it is seen by anyone who understands nothing to it. Really no disrespect here...
We have our own strange ones don't we....
BTW, there are great Voudou ceremony pictures by Abbas in his book on religions. Great pictures overall...
Take care
Michael
Al Kaplan
Mentor
Michael, when I was a toddler during WW-II every Friday I'd go to the farm with my grandfather where we'd buy several dozen eggs and two chickens, one for each of my grandmothers to cook. Their legs were bound, they were put into a burlap sack and then into the trunk of the cld Pontiac. Next we'd drive to an old part of town to a nondescript little concrete building where a guy wearing a yarmulke and tallis (prayer shawl) would sharpen the knife, say a ritual prayer, and slit the chicken's throat. The bird was then put head down in a big funnel so the blood could drain into a bucket. Killing a bird or animal any other way wouldn't follow the laws for making the meat Kosher.
Nowadays of course I can hear people screaming about making some poor little two year old boy witness such gore and animal brutality! For me it was just part of growing up Jewish, of growing up human. I was never under the illusion that chickens grew already plucked and cut up in the poultry section of the supermarket.
My point, though, is that other than the name we call God, this is little different than the animal sacrifices as practiced in the Carribean and parts of West Africa. Prayers are said, the animal is slaughtered, and then it's cooked and eaten.
Nowadays of course I can hear people screaming about making some poor little two year old boy witness such gore and animal brutality! For me it was just part of growing up Jewish, of growing up human. I was never under the illusion that chickens grew already plucked and cut up in the poultry section of the supermarket.
My point, though, is that other than the name we call God, this is little different than the animal sacrifices as practiced in the Carribean and parts of West Africa. Prayers are said, the animal is slaughtered, and then it's cooked and eaten.
JNewell
Leica M Recidivist
To flesh out the lever's role, it's a previewer that allows you to override (temporarily) the automatic frameline selection. I had my early M3 modified to add that feature but to be honest I don't use it much!
One suggestion on loading. Back when film leaders were full "Leica-length," the M4/later system seemed to work flawlessly. I have less luck now. Either I'm more of a klutz or the shorter leaders are the culprit and I think it's the latter. I think that having full-width film in the sprocket area, rather than just the lower half leader, has made the M4 system work less reliably, but maybe that's just me. Anyway, I ALWAYS make sure I check for rotation of the rewind crank to confirm that I'm not making exposures on a bare-naked pressure plate.
One suggestion on loading. Back when film leaders were full "Leica-length," the M4/later system seemed to work flawlessly. I have less luck now. Either I'm more of a klutz or the shorter leaders are the culprit and I think it's the latter. I think that having full-width film in the sprocket area, rather than just the lower half leader, has made the M4 system work less reliably, but maybe that's just me. Anyway, I ALWAYS make sure I check for rotation of the rewind crank to confirm that I'm not making exposures on a bare-naked pressure plate.
Maxapple88
Established
I find it useful to fold a few mm at the end of the roll so it sits in the tulip without slipping out.