Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Killer camera. And, btw, that second row shot is fabulous. On 1/6/06 3:54 PM, "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > It was a beauty, no doubt about it. I have two shots up on my site with it: > > Middle shot, first row and lone shot on the second row. Downtown St. > Louis in the 70'ies. > > http://www.dlridings.com/stlouis.htm > > Maybe that's kind of why I've been attracted by the Kiev (Contax) > lately. Repressed, but not totally :-) > > Daniel > > On 1/6/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: >> Ah, an SP - A camera I've never known and always lusted after, perhaps >> irrationally. Of course I've long believed that if Nikon had stayed in the >> rangefinder game, continually updating the SP, Leica would have died >> decades >> ago, because at one point virtually every working photographer would have >> paired Fs and SPs. >> >> >> On 1/6/06 3:34 PM, "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> That's a good take on it. >>> >>> It is with great, but successful, effort that I repress the memory of >>> the Nikon SP rangefinder that I tried to fix (from about the same >>> era). I left it with a repairman friend in a shoebox when I left the >>> states. That shutter spring went: boi-ng >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> It's irrational, I know. But what the hell ... I do a lot of this just >>> for the fun of it so it is at least enjoyable. >>> >>> Found my charger to the D100. The cemetery shots were with color film >>> ... that was for the birds. Don't have any historical baggage when it >>> comes to color :-) >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> On 1/6/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> There is something infatuating about the LTMs that I suspect has more >>>> to do >>>> with our personal historic association with them than with anything >>>> photographic. It's not unlike the attachment some of us have to certain >>>> early rock and roll/pop music - it may really be a tad mediocre, but we >>>> bundle it up with when we first heard it, who we were with, and what >>>> that >>>> time meant to us. >>>> >>>> Ah, MTV killed the radio. ;-) >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/6/06 3:18 PM, "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh, there's nothing wrong with the Summitar, sorry if I implied it. I >>>>> just happened to see these two on the negatives I was looking at. I >>>>> like it because it can collapse. >>>>> >>>>> I used it all New Year's Eve wide-open and I don't have any complaints >>>>> at all in those shots. >>>>> >>>>> But then again, I'm easy to please. >>>>> >>>>> I am childishly infatuated with the IIIf. Don't know why. Probably >>>>> because I finally got one back after trading one in long, long ago so >>>>> that I could buy Leica M's. >>>>> >>>>> Daniel >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 1/6/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: >>>>>> I find it difficult to compare both since they're used in different >>>>>> situations. >>>>>> But the Summitar sure looks good. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Op 6-jan-06, om 20:04 heeft Daniel Ridings het volgende geschreven: >>>>>> >>>>>>> These are just two shots I ran off to compare the Summitar and Elmar >>>>>>> that I have for the IIIf. I already know that the Jupiter-8 is a >>>>>>> top-class lens. I ran across a Summitar for a reasonable price (a tad >>>>>>> over 100 USD) that was in near perfect condition, so I couldn't >>>>>>> resist. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Summitar >>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v52_0001 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Elmar >>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v52_0002 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Daniel >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information