Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ilford FP 4 at the moment Robert Meier wrote: > Very much looking forward to your film work. What did you shoot in > the IIIg -- Tri-X? > > On Jun 27, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > >> Hello Bob, >> >> True - I just haven't found the time to have the stuff I shot with an >> M6, a IIIg a Minolta CLE and a Rollei 3003 developed yet. >> Quite a few of the Canon 20D shots were actually taken with Carl >> Zeiss (1.4/85 mm for portraits and low light) and Leica lenses >> (Super-Angulon 21mm and a 2.0/35mm) and the very wide angle ones were >> with a Tokina Zoom (a superb quality 12-24 mm zoom at a very >> reasonable price). >> >> Although I love Leica equipment, and have a modest collection of >> their wares, I now tend to use what provides the greatest pleasure, >> functionality and the best results for what I'm shooting. Other >> brands also make (made) excellent lenses, so I'm not limited to Leica >> on this count - then, of course, the advantage of digital is that I >> can see everything immediately after shooting. >> >> But getting back to film, I'm currently very much enjoying the >> experience of using a Rollei 3003 and CZ lenses again after many >> years of bewailing the demise of the SL2000F I used to own. One back >> filled with Kodak T-max, one with ASA 50 slide material and another >> with ASA 200. I'll be posting some scans as soon as I get the films >> developed. >> >> Cheers and thanks for taking a look >> Douglas >> >> Robert Meier wrote: >>> Douglas, >>> >>> I've been enjoying your pictures of Berlin very much. I have >>> turned on a recording of Die Drei Groschen Oper to go along with >>> your pictures and it has been very enjoyable. I've wondered, >>> though, about those pictures of the table full of three Leicas but >>> all the pictures say they were taken with a Canon digital! >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> On Jun 27, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: >>> >>>> A few from our coffee stop in Tangermuende on the River Elbe - >>>> Lovely little town, still very much in the throes of being brought >>>> back into the western world. >>>> >>>> The church is colossal, this is shot from the courtyard of the >>>> Schloss (castle) >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9651.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> A little to the right of the church is an old tower used as a >>>> nesting place by storks - unfortunately I don't take longer glass >>>> when planning city tours, so the stork is only just recognisable as >>>> such. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9661.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> At least one company is not suffering from the financial crisis: >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9652.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> A view of the Schloss (now a high-class hotel, but still reasonably >>>> priced) from where we sat drinking coffee. >>>> >>>> Very impressive, Frauke and I think it might be a good place for a >>>> weekend break. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9646.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 1799, a shipowner's house in Tangermuende - it has a preservation >>>> order on it, but work hasn't started yet. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9666.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The shop next door is in a sorrier state >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9668.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9667.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This street is waiting to be spruced up, the other end of the town >>>> is already refurbished and renovated, but we didn't have time for >>>> it on this trip. >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9669.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Arrival in Berlin - Adenauer Platz/Ku-damm against the setting sun >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9670.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> A pavement Currywurst restaurant outside our hotel - a big argument >>>> about who invented Currywurst still rages in Germany - was it in >>>> Hamburg or was it in Berlin - nobody really knows. The best one I >>>> ever ate was in Goslar in the Harz mountains at a restaurant run by >>>> Italians :-) >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9672.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Opposite our hotel window: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9705.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9718.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The next shots were all posted earlier when we met Geoff and his >>>> dear wife Bron. >>>> >>>> These two have been added: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9764.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9770.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> As have some from the Sony Centre - starting here >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9778.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Quite a lot for one post - hope you enjoy them as much as we >>>> enjoyed being there - despite the poor weather we had most of the time >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Douglas >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >