Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Daniel, Every time I see, I'm surprised of the quality of these lenses. The second picture is particularly very nice. Congratulations and enjoy your toy! Saludos desde Barcelona Luis -----Mensaje original----- De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org]En nombre de Daniel Ridings Enviado el: viernes, 08 de julio de 2005 11:18 Para: lug@leica-users.org; mugers@yahoogroups.com Asunto: [Leica] New toy (IIIf + Elmar) Well, I once posted, a few months back, a picture of me with the only Leica I ever sold. For no good reason at all (other than I like it), I bought another one. It arrived yesterday and I ran two rolls of film through it. First some slow shutter speeds, wide aperture and close focus: http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v27_0010 http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v27_0004 Then, outside in the shade, still closest focus (which is _not_ very close) http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v27_0006 And then bright sunlight. Well stopped down (f 12.5 according to the scale, but I really don't think the aperture markings are much more other than guide lines) http://gallery.leica-users.org/iiif/05v27_0007 I was surprised to see the vignetting, especially when the lens was stopped down so much. I was also pleasant surprized (I forget, is is "s" or "z" .. I'll play it safe) that it didn't weigh more than it does. It fits comfortably in the side pocket of pants or just hangs around your neck without the weight making itself felt that much. It's a little hard coming to grips with the odd sequence: 3.5, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.5, 18, but like I said above, the accuracy of the markings is probaby not very high, so I just pretend they read: 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16. I thought the two peep-holes would bother me a bit (they did when I was young) but it just takes a few frames to get used to. Even with an M you have to focus and recompose, that that's about the same thing here. You're just using two windows to do it in. They are so close that switching become pretty automatic. Loading film is about as much fun as taking candy from a baby. Anyway, its a useful toy. It'll be replacing the Yashica T4 as the constant tag-along. Don't know what I'll do with the _other_ YashicaT4 that I picked up when they quit making them. Now for some good cheap Russian glass (Jupiter-12 is on my list). It's summer. I'm not taking myself seriously. Daniel _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information