Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/07

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: A few recent shots
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed Mar 7 21:24:11 2007

On 3/7/07 11:07 PM, "Philip Forrest" <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> typed:

> I traveled to NYC this weekend to visit my girlfriend and exposed a good
> amount of film.  This all with a "new" (to me) SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens
> on an M42 adapter to my EOS 1NRS loaded with XP2.
> I love this lens.
> 
> My first view of the street level upon arriving at the 14th St and 8th Ave
> subway stop, NYC.
> http://tinyurl.com/2q5mlc
> 
> Waiting in line outside paradise (Magnolia Bakery, NYC.)
> http://tinyurl.com/34encx
> 
> On my way to work this morning in Philadelphia.  I love f/1.4 at close 
> focus
> distance.
> http://tinyurl.com/2qgwxc
> 
> 
> 
Great Bokeh with that lens great shots.

One of the main cameras I'd check out from the Media Center when I went to
Webster College in Webster Groves MO in the mid 70's was a classic Pentax
Spotmatic with a SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens. I think super multi coating
had not quite come out but maybe it had.
This camera had such a superior feel to the Nikon F2 I had and the Canon FTB
I'd sometimes use it wasn't funny. Put a smile on your face.
This was before "ergonomics"
Ergo the word "feel".




Mark Rabiner
8A/109s
New York, NY

markrabiner.com



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