[Leica] ROCKPORT 2008 - People - and Some Thoughts on the Leica M3

[r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)]

Geoff, Tina, Alan, et. al., - Glad you enjoyed these photos.  Now  
let's all get out our old film Leicas and shoot more film!   :-)))


Regards,

Dick
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On Oct 26, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote:

> Dick, thanks for showing these. We get to see some glimpses of a  
> seminar
> that we'd all love to have attended.
> I must admit I'm surprised that anyone would want to take non-Leica  
> gear
> along. Good job taking your M3!
> I like the idea of BW people and colour people ;-)
> This one rather eloquently says something about the continuing  
> evolution of
> photography!
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/rockport_2008/R3-8.jpg.html
>  
> >
>
>
> The colour shot of Tom and Tina is a delightful moment caught.
>
>
>
> Maike Harbets speaks on the S2. .... So we will drop down this  
> technology to
> our other systems.
> Our priority is to modernise the R system which will be in the end  
> an R10,
> definitely.
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Richard S. Taylor
> Sent: Monday, 27 October 2008 03:19
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] ROCKPORT 2008 - People - and Some Thoughts on the  
> Leica M3
>
> I've posted photos of come of the attendees of the Rockport 2008  
> meet in
> this album:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/rockport_2008/
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/6nso2q
>
> There are two pages.  All the B&W people pictures were taken with my  
> Leica
> M3, the four color people pictures were taken with my D300 as were  
> the final
> four shots in and around Rockport.
>
> If I've misidentified anyone or you can tell me who the TBDs are,  
> please let
> me know.
>
> Although Carl has been very flexible regarding what kinds of cameras  
> we use
> at these meets, I felt it was simply wrong to show up at what is  
> nominally a
> Leica meet without at least some Leica gear, so I brought along my  
> M3, MR4
> meter and a 60's era black 50 mm Summicron lens.  Using some
> year-out-of-date Kodak BW400CN I found in the 'fridge, I carried the  
> camera
> with me to all the meetings and took pictures when I felt the urge.   
> The
> negatives were scanned with a Nikon 5000ED scanner and downsized for  
> the
> LUG.
>
> I had forgotten what an astonishing camera the M3 is!  I hadn't used  
> it in
> five years.  It's so easy to use, so little in the way, and produces  
> such
> fine results - even 50 years after it was made and after five years of
> moldering in a drawer.  It's a reminder, too, of the capital-Q  
> Quality that
> brought us to Leica in the first place.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
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