[Leica] Red-brick Gothic

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Alastair,
many thanks for the in-depth comments.


Alastair Firkin wrote:
> never heard of anyone wearing out a Rollei ;-) 
It didn't wear out - after being heavily jostled on the street (I didn't 
trip, I was pushed) my 2000F decided it wanted to put vertical white 
stripes across all frames after enjoying close contact with concrete 
paving. Rollei service couldn't find out why, but I guess something was 
very much out of kilter between the body and the magazine.
> You make me want to pull out my beautiful 3003 again: wonderful lenes 
> including a fish eye. 
Do!! it makes a real change.
> Oh for a digital back !!!! Still, I do hope to get back to it for b/w. 
Yes indeed!!
> To the images:
>
> 1. woman hidden by the tree/grate would have been better with her in the 
> image or perhaps gone altogether
>   
Shot can hopefully be repeated in better weather - L?neburg is worth 
many visits and is only an hour away on the train.
> 2. Sky is a disaster of course, but the street scene is fine
>   
Thanks, the weather God is hopefully in a better mood next time.
> 3. The people are nicely separated in this one and certainly add to the 
> image
>   
Thanks
> 4. ditto, and love the wonky buildings in the b/g: waist level for this 
> one?
>   
Yes, it does give a different perspective I've only ever seen before 
from our son's pictures taken when he was about 9 years old.
> 5. looks like he's a Rollei fan
>   
Do all Rollei fans have such a mean look?
> 6. a bit too far from the action
>   
Noted: take more lenses next time.
> 7. Colour looks good here despite the weather. Wonderful building
>   
'tis indeed!
> 8. too much foreground: this is one where using the wide, you can correct 
> distortion by using only the upper 50% of the image: Rollei half frame
>   
Take another note: remember note 6 or find a PC lens
> 9. wow, sudden change of feeling: love the composition and the water looks 
> cold: at last, something in the sky ;-)
>   
Don't know if the water was cold but the weather was sub-zero and very 
windy, did some other shots from the same point with the Zeiss 1.4/85, 
the lens has amazing quality but the shots themselves are just 
candidates for the waste bin.
Thanks again, and best from Hannover
Douglas
> Cheers
>
> --- douglas.sharp@gmx.de wrote:
>
> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>, leicareflex@freelists.org
> Cc:
> Subject: [Leica] Red-brick Gothic
> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:09:35 +0100
>
> 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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