Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:15:12 -0700 (PDT), GREG LORENZO quoth unto the boundless Ether... >>Who still uses their LTM camera? >> >>And which camera or cameras, lens or lenses do you like to use? My 1949 IIIc and 1980/81 M4P are the only film cameras that I have left. Well I have my first camera a Kodak Rettinette but the shutter is too sticky to actually use it. I can't part with it because it was a gift from my uncle and it got me started in photography, but I can't really justify spending the $200 that it will probably take to fix the shutter. SO, I break my usual rule of only owning cameras that I can actually shoot with. I currently use a D2h and D70's for a living. LUGging the IIIc with a compact 5cm f/3.5 Elmar loaded with new Portra 800 or NPZ is a joy once in a while after a long day of luging a Domke full of the much heavier DSLRs, a few SB800s and all those zooms about. I usually have the 35/2.5 Skopar on the M4P, and the 50 Elmar on the IIIc, but I also carry a 9cm f/4 Elmar and a 50mm f/1.5 Summarit. I use a DigiSIX meter once in a while. I have a third party rube goldberg type synchronizer for the IIIc that allows me to use a tiny Olympus S20 flash at 1/20 or slower (rarely use it, but it is funky) and the M4P has a hotshoe for the S20 of course. I use a Helios finder if I use the 35 or 90 on the IIIc. I find the Helios much more compact than an Imarect (sp?) or the like and it works well. This entire LTM kit, a few rolls of film, my cell and my pda and keys all fit into a bag that I got at EMS which is even smaller than a Domke F5! It is quite a difference from the F1-X little bit bigger bag which I carry for work. Of course, I have been thinking of a 21/4 from Stephen, but I am so in love with the 35 on the M4P that I'm not sure that I'd use it much so I'll probably buy some groceries instead! Winter is coming to Maine in a week or two. :) Carpe Luminem, Michael Eric Berube GoodPhotos.com