[Leica] ROCKPORT 2008 - People - and Some Thoughts on the Leica M3

[luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)]

Thanks Dick for sharing these pictures, the M3 are very good ones!,  
this is my favorite

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/rockport_2008/R3-4.jpg.html

Yes, the M3 is a unique camera, the viewfinder is really great to use  
with a 50

Saludos cordiales
lluis


El 26/10/2008, a las 18:19, Richard S. Taylor escribi?:

> I've posted photos of come of the attendees of the Rockport 2008  
> meet in this album:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/rockport_2008/
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> http://tinyurl.com/6nso2q
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> There are two pages.  All the B&W people pictures were taken with my  
> Leica M3, the four color people pictures were taken with my D300 as  
> were the final four shots in and around Rockport.
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> If I've misidentified anyone or you can tell me who the TBDs are,  
> please let me know.
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> Although Carl has been very flexible regarding what kinds of cameras  
> we use at these meets, I felt it was simply wrong to show up at what  
> is nominally a Leica meet without at least some Leica gear, so I  
> brought along my M3, MR4 meter and a 60's era black 50 mm Summicron  
> lens.  Using some year-out-of-date Kodak BW400CN I found in the  
> 'fridge, I carried the camera with me to all the meetings and took  
> pictures when I felt the urge.  The negatives were scanned with a  
> Nikon 5000ED scanner and downsized for the LUG.
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> I had forgotten what an astonishing camera the M3 is!  I hadn't used  
> it in five years.  It's so easy to use, so little in the way, and  
> produces such fine results - even 50 years after it was made and  
> after five years of moldering in a drawer.  It's a reminder, too, of  
> the capital-Q Quality that brought us to Leica in the first place.
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> Regards,
>
> Dick
> off-list comments to r.s.taylor at comcast dot net please.
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