Re: Camera winding: before shooting

[P3D Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >2.  The Realist should not have the shutter cocked after a shot, because the
> >shutter setting should not be changed (for new shot) after cocking.
> 
> That's correct. (If you need to change the shutter speed after the shutter
> has been cocked, then you must cover the lenses, fire the shutter and then
> change the speed and arm it again).
> 
> >     And the Kodak?  It should be treated with the respect it deserves.  
> 
> How much respect does it deserve??? :-)
> 
> >With these points, it seems a bit careless to wind the camera after a shot.
> > Particularly when the only stated reason is, "I just do it without
> >thinking".
> 
> Routine procedures are useful because the reduce the possibility of error.
> But that's not the only stated reason.  The argument for winding the camera
> after each shot is to be ready for the next shot.  Realist users who are
> forced because of argument #2 to cock the shutter just before taking the
> picture many times have missed it or have been faced with "frozen" smiles.

So this really points to why the separate wind/shutter-cock mechanisms are a 
tremendous advantage, as they permit you to wind immediately after, and cock 
the shutter immediately before a shot.

And all this time I thought it was a pain.

-pd

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