Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/31

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Subject: [Leica] An M8 photograph
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Dec 31 08:59:58 2007
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Hi Rei,
Beautiful daughter, softness and colors.
Thanks for showing,
Philippe



Op 31-dec-07, om 17:32 heeft Rei Shinozuka het volgende geschreven:

> here's a summarex of my daughter kitty.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/kittarex.jpg.html
>
> i like the lens.  i got it on a whim from eb*y a couple of
> years ago after i got a IIIf and hankered a couple of LTM lenses
> to go with it.  i turns out not to be such an easy lens to use
> with an LTM (the big shade covers those little windows, and you have
> to use a finder) but works quite nicely with the m8.
>
> -rei
>
>
> On Dec30 20:03, Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> i have a chrome m8 and i confess the summarex looks very handsome on
>> it.  i think of it as a nice counterpart to the old 35 lux.  the  
>> summarex is
>> all the more impressive (if not large) by virtue of being born back
>> when we were chasing the tirpitz all over the north atlantic.
>>
>> i don't think there are 58mm ir cut filters readily available
>> for it so i am shooting it unfiltered.  i've got some other nice
>> portraits with it, maybe i'll try to put up.
>>
>> -rei
>>
>> On Dec30 17:58, Leonard Taupier wrote:
>>> Rei,
>>>
>>> This is a very nice photo. Ted looks ecstatic. I also like the look
>>> the Summarex gives wide open. I don't recall ever seeing a photo  
>>> with
>>> one before. It's really smooth. I love using these old lenses on the
>>> M8. You get to see it's performance immediately. And easily compare
>>> them to the newer optics.
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing this one.
>>> Len
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 30, 2007, at 4:26 PM, Rei Shinozuka wrote:
>>>
>>>> inspired me to post our own apple christmas.  ted and imac.
>>>>
>>>> m8, summarex @ f1.5, no filters.
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/tedimac.jpg.html
>>>>
>>>> -rei
>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 30, 2007 1:15 AM, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Leslie, Elizabeth, Tiffany, and Vanessa watch a YouTube video on
>>>>>> Elizabeth's iPhone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bkreid/pwic/L1000943.jpg.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not quite a grab shot, but if I hadn't had my M8 with me ready to
>>>>>> use, I would have missed this one. 35mm Summilux ASPH, f/4 1/30
>>>>>> ISO 640.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
>>>> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
>> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>>
>>
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>
> -- 
> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
> Ridgewood, New Jersey
>
>
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