Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/19

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Subject: [Leica] Red-brick Gothic
From: vondauster at earthlink.net (Will von Dauster)
Date: Wed Mar 19 06:50:10 2008
References: <47E1108F.40806@gmx.de>

These nicely capture the look and feel of Northern Germany, Douglas.  
Those old Rollei 3003s were amazing cameras, their optics were great  
as well. Too bad they never enjoyed good support from consumers - or  
for that matter the company itself.

Will von Dauster

On Mar 19, 2008, at 7:09 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Totally OT equipment and negative film too - trying out my Rollei  
> 3003, bought recently to replace an SL2000F that finally gave up  
> the ghost (IMO - the most innovative 35mm camera ever made - the  
> only thing missing is a digital back) with a Voigtl?nder Color- 
> Skoparex 4/21mm (poosibly the most compact 21mm along with its twin  
> the Rolleinar 4/21) on dreary, wet and windy days in Hannover and  
> L?neburg.
> The film was cheap Fuji consumer negative stuff that was well over  
> its sell-by date (or are Fuji colours always a bit strange?)
>
> City Square in L?neburg, Lower Saxony
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/120735-1/20080307-imm005_5A-Edit.jpg
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/120738-1/20080307-imm006_6A-Edit.jpg
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/120741-1/20080307-imm008_8A-Edit- 
> Edit.jpg
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/120744-1/20080307-imm009_9A-Edit.jpg
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/120747-1/20080307-imm010_10A-Edit- 
> Edit.jpg
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/120759-1/20080307-imm015_16A-Edit.jpg
>
> Please don't mention verticals - hardly anything is vertical in  
> L?neburg, it has something to do with subsidence from the old salt  
> mines.
>
> The edge of the 'Altstadt' in Hannover, Lower Saxony
> The old town hall
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/120756-1/20080307-imm012_12-Edit- 
> Edit.jpg
>
> The old town hall and the Marktkirche in Hannover
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/120750-1/20080307-imm015_15-Edit.jpg
> No idea what the pentagram on the church tower means .
>
> And even worse weather in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/120753-1/20080307-imm030_31A-Edit.jpg
> The dockyards on the Kieler F?rde
>
> Hope you like them, C+C welcome.
> Cheers
> Douglas
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