[Leica] IMG: A few recent shots

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Mark,

I've got that same Spotmatic & 50 f/1.4 Takumar in my camera bag right now. 
For my SLR needs, the Spotmatic with a 35, 50 & 200 make a nice, cheap set 
that get the job done.  Of course, I still shoot Barnack Leicas as well.
At my age, who needs new stuff?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: A few recent shots


> On 3/7/07 11:07 PM, "Philip Forrest" <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> typed:
>
>> I traveled to NYC this weekend to visit my girlfriend and exposed a good
>> amount of film.  This all with a "new" (to me) SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4 
>> lens
>> on an M42 adapter to my EOS 1NRS loaded with XP2.
>> I love this lens.
>>
>> My first view of the street level upon arriving at the 14th St and 8th 
>> Ave
>> subway stop, NYC.
>> http://tinyurl.com/2q5mlc
>>
>> Waiting in line outside paradise (Magnolia Bakery, NYC.)
>> http://tinyurl.com/34encx
>>
>> On my way to work this morning in Philadelphia.  I love f/1.4 at close 
>> focus
>> distance.
>> http://tinyurl.com/2qgwxc
>>
>>
>>
> Great Bokeh with that lens great shots.
>
> One of the main cameras I'd check out from the Media Center when I went to
> Webster College in Webster Groves MO in the mid 70's was a classic Pentax
> Spotmatic with a SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens. I think super multi coating
> had not quite come out but maybe it had.
> This camera had such a superior feel to the Nikon F2 I had and the Canon 
> FTB
> I'd sometimes use it wasn't funny. Put a smile on your face.
> This was before "ergonomics"
> Ergo the word "feel".
>
>
>
>
> Mark Rabiner
> 8A/109s
> New York, NY
>
> markrabiner.com
>
>
>
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