Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
Op Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:18:17 +0200 schreef Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes, I have an old Exa (downmarket version of the Exacta) with the left handed shutter release. It's not very intuitive if you're used to the right handed release, and I often wondered why Ihagee designed their cameras that way - I doubt that many people used to the right handed release would have bought into the system. I don't think their custumers were used to anything... As far as I know, the Exacta was for SLR's what the Beetle was for cars, at least in Europe. -- Ciao, Lucas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
Boris Liberman escribió: Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? Some years ago, there were a pair of cameras that could match your description. The Yashica Samurai had versions for right or left handed users. And there was a Ricoh SLR (I don't recall the exact model) which had a button on the left side of the camera that could be configured to act as a shutter release. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peculiar idea and/or question
Hi! Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? Cheers. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
Only in Hollywood... Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? Cheers. Boris -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
The only lefty cameras I can remember were the Exactas ... they had a left hand shutter release. http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/Exakta%20VXIIb%20%20Varex%20IIb% 20Page.htm Godfrey On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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I don't need one, but I've also wondered. If only in a single scene, it might have been a film reversal for artistic considerations. Otherwise..(?) Jack --- On Fri, 4/18/08, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Peculiar idea and/or question To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 18, 2008, 10:02 AM Hi! Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? Cheers. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
Well, it's not really a left handed camera per se, but the Exacta had it's film release on the front left side of the camera body. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Exakta.jpg Jack Davis wrote: I don't need one, but I've also wondered. If only in a single scene, it might have been a film reversal for artistic considerations. Otherwise..(?) Jack --- On Fri, 4/18/08, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Peculiar idea and/or question To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 18, 2008, 10:02 AM Hi! Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? Cheers. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Peculiar idea and/or question
It's a sinister left-wing conspiracy. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Davis Sent: 18 April 2008 19:01 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Peculiar idea and/or question I don't need one, but I've also wondered. If only in a single scene, it might have been a film reversal for artistic considerations. Otherwise..(?) Jack --- On Fri, 4/18/08, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Peculiar idea and/or question To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 18, 2008, 10:02 AM Hi! Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? Cheers. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. __ __ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? Cheers. Boris A google search on spiderman left handed camera came up with: Continuity: At the World Unity Festival, Peter is taking pictures. When he looks up at Harry and M.J. on the balcony, his camera, which has been your average right handed camera throughout the film, magically becomes a left handed camera. The shot's obviously been reversed - his parting's on the wrong side as well Christian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
Boris Liberman wrote: Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? No, you were just watching a movie made for viewing in the eastern hemisphere, so everything was reversed. Be glad you didn't get the Australian release because everything would have been upside down... :-P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The only lefty cameras I can remember were the Exactas ... they had a left hand shutter release. http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/Exakta%20VXIIb%20%20Varex%20IIb% 20Page.htm Godfrey Indeed. I have one of these http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/EXAIIB.htm and the shutter button is the tab on the top right (as you look at it here) of the lens. You press it back towards you to take a picture. On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
On Apr 18, 2008, at 11:53 AM, mike wilson wrote: The only lefty cameras I can remember were the Exactas ... they had a left hand shutter release. http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/Exakta%20VXIIb%20%20Varex%20IIb% 20Page.htm Indeed. I have one of these http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/ EXAIIB.htm and the shutter button is the tab on the top right (as you look at it here) of the lens. You press it back towards you to take a picture. When I was in high school, that was one of my best friends' first real camera. I think he bought it then for about $50. Took darn good pictures. Years and years later, mid-1990s, a housemate's father passed away and she was the sole surviving relative. One of the things she got was a little case with an Exacta VXIIb and VX1000, four lenses in it, which she gave to me as it had no sentimental value to her and wasn't worth it to bother selling. The VX1000's auto-return mirror was jammed, as most of them were, but the VXIIb was still in working shape. The lenses were good. I fooled with it for some time, the VXIIb had some interesting features. Ended up giving them to another friend who collects Exactas. Compared to my Nikon F Photomic FTn in 1969, the Exactas felt antediluvian ... ! Godfrehy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
Yes, I have an old Exa (downmarket version of the Exacta) with the left handed shutter release. It's not very intuitive if you're used to the right handed release, and I often wondered why Ihagee designed their cameras that way - I doubt that many people used to the right handed release would have bought into the system. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:30:53 -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The only lefty cameras I can remember were the Exactas ... they had a left hand shutter release. http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/Exakta%20VXIIb%20%20Varex%20IIb% 20Page.htm Godfrey On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:02 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peculiar idea and/or question
Christian wrote: A google search on spiderman left handed camera came up with: Continuity: At the World Unity Festival, Peter is taking pictures. When he looks up at Harry and M.J. on the balcony, his camera, which has been your average right handed camera throughout the film, magically becomes a left handed camera. The shot's obviously been reversed - his parting's on the wrong side as well Christian Wow! Christian, the idea of googling did not occur to me and leftfully so ;-). Thanks! Thanks everyone else who responded. Boris-the-rightie -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Boris Liberman wrote: Yesterday I saw (for most of it, at least) The Spiderman the movie. Regardless of the content, I noticed one very strange thing. When Peter Parker is shown with his camera taking shots for the newspaper, he seems to use his left hand to trigger the shutter. As if the whole camera he is using is for lefties - the other way around from usual. Which prompts my question - is there such a thing as a camera that is specifically designed to be used by left-handed people? No, you were just watching a movie made for viewing in the eastern hemisphere, so everything was reversed. Be glad you didn't get the Australian release because everything would have been upside down... This explains a lot. I was always confused by Spidey walking on the ceiling crawling on the floor. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
