Graham Mitchell
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Ordered a Leaf Aptus II 12, Hy6, waist level finder, 45 degree finder, 6060 film magazine and remote control today! Can't wait for the new toys to arrive
I discovered from a little research that the Hy6 has a quick release plate built into the base as part of the camera. None of the Hy6 owners I've told this to so far knew about it, so I thought I'd pass the information along here. It's designed to mate with a Novoflex Q-BASE. I'll pick one of those up too and test it when the camera arrives. Nice feature, avoiding a point of potential failure/instability.
I also ordered the Hy6 from DHW with the Leaf battery contacts, and I plan to run the back and camera from the one power source. The Leaf battery is slightly higher voltage and may be a more reliable battery for running both the camera and back, but I'll soon know for sure. This is how it really should be - worrying about one battery at a time instead of two, and having just one charger. I'm also hoping this will allow me to run the Leaf back tethered to a Macbook without using an intermediate powered Firewire hub - the Macbook Firewire port is apparently not strong enough to run the back directly.
I discovered from a little research that the Hy6 has a quick release plate built into the base as part of the camera. None of the Hy6 owners I've told this to so far knew about it, so I thought I'd pass the information along here. It's designed to mate with a Novoflex Q-BASE. I'll pick one of those up too and test it when the camera arrives. Nice feature, avoiding a point of potential failure/instability.
I also ordered the Hy6 from DHW with the Leaf battery contacts, and I plan to run the back and camera from the one power source. The Leaf battery is slightly higher voltage and may be a more reliable battery for running both the camera and back, but I'll soon know for sure. This is how it really should be - worrying about one battery at a time instead of two, and having just one charger. I'm also hoping this will allow me to run the Leaf back tethered to a Macbook without using an intermediate powered Firewire hub - the Macbook Firewire port is apparently not strong enough to run the back directly.
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