[Leica] Kisatchie 4th

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

On 7/6/2010 2:56 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
> Recently I packed up and sold a few camera items that I no longer used, and
> used the proceeds to purchase a Leica  M6.
>
> Several years ago when I gave up my M6, My pal Jim Schulman said I'd live 
> to
> regret it, and he was right.
>
> It's a beauty, a Wetzlar model, that's been hot-rodded so that only the 28,
> 35 50 and 90 framelines show.
>
> I've been getting out with it and some Reala and the 21 mm Super Angulon
> f4.  The vignette is more from the shade I'm using, I think than the lens.
> I cropped a little off the sides.
>
> I'm re-learning Vuescan.  Now I need to find a Lightroom preset that will
> turn a Vuescan Raw Negative into a Positive.
>
> Shooting film after a few years of digital makes you really respect the 
> film
> shooters on the list.
>
> Anyhow, here are three shots from Sunday on Reala.   Sorry about the
> footroom on the first one, I forgot my 21mm viewfinder.  ;-)
>
> http://www.sonc.com/Kisatchie_4th.htm
>
>    
Very nice indeed.  I have a bunch of Reala - do you know if it lasts 
like, 10 years after its expiration date, or just trash it and buy new?

Ken Carney