Hi, Monday, June 2, 2003, 10:55:19 PM, you wrote:
> T Rittenhouse wrote: >> >> Where did you hear that? No one I ever knew claimed loading film in a Leica >> was instinctive. [...] > rolls or so. In fact I've found that loading does become quite easy with > practice -- one might say instinctive. I've now shot about a hundred [...] there's a very simple experiment you could do here. First, find a maternity ward full in a statistically significant way of new born children (preferably human). Give them all a Leica IIIf and a roll of Tri-X (but no instruction manual). Count how many of them load the camera before they reach their majority. For the 2nd part of the experiment, recruit an equal number of baby pigeons, and using a mixture of punishment and reward techniques, revolving largely around giving and withholding hemp seed, give them a Leica IIIf and roll of Tri-X each. Using the original Leica manual train them how to load film. This simple and cost-effective experiment will demonstrate beyond all reasonable doubt that loading a Leica is a learned behaviour, not an instinct. Don't forget to feed the dogs. -- Cheers, G. E. (Pavbob) Skinner
