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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Food Banks Project
From: nwajsman at gmail.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:56:58 +0200
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Well done indeed, Gerry. I have that lens too, it was the first new Leica 
lens I bought when I got back into Leica in 2008. In fact, it was the last 
time I bought a new Leica lens (I have bought several second-hand lenses in 
the years since).

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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YNWA













> On 22 Jul 2015, at 16:19, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
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> As some of you may know I am currently working on a social documentary 
> project about food banks in my city. The purchase of the Leica M9 came in 
> the middle of this, and I was a little concerned about shooting at low 
> light levels so I used it on my latest shoot on Monday. These two guys 
> were ?sanctioned? for separately missing appointments with the benefits 
> office. There are no excuses for this, illness etc. doesn?t count. There 
> sanction was absolutely no state aid for 6 weeks, so they were at the food 
> bank for free food, which they can only receive for 3 weeks a year because 
> there is insufficient food to meet demand.
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> I think the camera and LR coped very well in a basement room with normal 
> levels of lighting and no natural light at all. BTW, the lens was a 35mm 
> Summarit f2.5
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/LAE-1000050.jpg.html
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> Comments are welcome, but I do not want to get into any political 
> discussions etc. I am just there to record what I see.
> 
> Gerry
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> Gerry Walden LRPS
> www.gwpics.com
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
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