[Leica] SESO: At the Races with My IIIa

[joelct at singnet.com.sg (joelct)]

Hi John

Nice solid pictures from a vintage marque.

You sound like someone from the square?

J Low / Singapore




--- J Mason <JohnEdwinMason@gmail.com> wrote:

> Brotheren and Sisteren, I mentioned that last week's announcement
> of
> the new Zeiss rangefinder sent me into fits of nostalgia.
> 
> My father owned a Contax IIIa and, not surprisingly, it was the
> first
> serious camera I ever used.  I now own two:  my father's old camera
> (a
> beautiful specimen in pristine condition, which I use only gently
> and
> infrequently) and a battered example that I bought simply because I
> can bring myself to use my father's old camera only gently and
> infrequently.
> 
> My user IIIa and I spent the weekend at the races.  I had a notion
> that the camera's 50/1.5 Sonnar would produce some lovely portraits.
> 
> Wasn't sure that my metering skills would be up to challenge of
> tricky
> night light, but they seem to have been:
> 
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2755396
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2755402
> 
> I also wasn't sure that the camera's squinty viewfinder was what I
> wanted for reportage shooting.  It's certainly not my M2, but I got
> the shots:
> 
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2755415
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2755422
> 
> On the other hand, I was reasonably confident that large numbers of
> young men astride large, fast, dangerous bikes and cars would
> attract
> a proportionate number of attractive young women.
> 
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2755414
> 
> Full SESO (Series Every So Often) is here:
> 
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=435670
> 
> Details:  Zeiss Ikon Contax IIIa, 50/1.5 Sonnar, Kodak T400CN,
> cheap
> lab scans, PS.
> 
> --John
> -- 
> J Mason
> Charlottesville, Virginia
> >>Democracy of Speed, a Photo Documentary Project:
> http://www.people.virginia.edu/~ds8s/john-m/john-m.html
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