Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very much looking forward to your film work. What did you shoot in the IIIg -- Tri-X? On Jun 27, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Hello Bob, > > True - I just haven't found the time to have the stuff I shot with > an M6, a IIIg a Minolta CLE and a Rollei 3003 developed yet. > Quite a few of the Canon 20D shots were actually taken with Carl > Zeiss (1.4/85 mm for portraits and low light) and Leica lenses > (Super-Angulon 21mm and a 2.0/35mm) and the very wide angle ones > were with a Tokina Zoom (a superb quality 12-24 mm zoom at a very > reasonable price). > > Although I love Leica equipment, and have a modest collection of > their wares, I now tend to use what provides the greatest pleasure, > functionality and the best results for what I'm shooting. Other > brands also make (made) excellent lenses, so I'm not limited to > Leica on this count - then, of course, the advantage of digital is > that I can see everything immediately after shooting. > > But getting back to film, I'm currently very much enjoying the > experience of using a Rollei 3003 and CZ lenses again after many > years of bewailing the demise of the SL2000F I used to own. One > back filled with Kodak T-max, one with ASA 50 slide material and > another with ASA 200. I'll be posting some scans as soon as I get > the films developed. > > Cheers and thanks for taking a look > Douglas > > Robert Meier wrote: >> Douglas, >> >> I've been enjoying your pictures of Berlin very much. I have >> turned on a recording of Die Drei Groschen Oper to go along with >> your pictures and it has been very enjoyable. I've wondered, >> though, about those pictures of the table full of three Leicas but >> all the pictures say they were taken with a Canon digital! >> >> Bob >> >> On Jun 27, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: >> >>> A few from our coffee stop in Tangermuende on the River Elbe - >>> Lovely little town, still very much in the throes of being >>> brought back into the western world. >>> >>> The church is colossal, this is shot from the courtyard of the >>> Schloss (castle) >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9651.jpg.html >>> >>> A little to the right of the church is an old tower used as a >>> nesting place by storks - unfortunately I don't take longer glass >>> when planning city tours, so the stork is only just recognisable >>> as such. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9661.jpg.html >>> >>> At least one company is not suffering from the financial crisis: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9652.jpg.html >>> >>> A view of the Schloss (now a high-class hotel, but still >>> reasonably priced) from where we sat drinking coffee. >>> >>> Very impressive, Frauke and I think it might be a good place for >>> a weekend break. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9646.jpg.html >>> >>> 1799, a shipowner's house in Tangermuende - it has a preservation >>> order on it, but work hasn't started yet. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9666.jpg.html >>> >>> The shop next door is in a sorrier state >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9668.jpg.html >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9667.jpg.html >>> >>> This street is waiting to be spruced up, the other end of the >>> town is already refurbished and renovated, but we didn't have >>> time for it on this trip. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9669.jpg.html >>> >>> Arrival in Berlin - Adenauer Platz/Ku-damm against the setting sun >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9670.jpg.html >>> >>> >>> A pavement Currywurst restaurant outside our hotel - a big >>> argument about who invented Currywurst still rages in Germany - >>> was it in Hamburg or was it in Berlin - nobody really knows. The >>> best one I ever ate was in Goslar in the Harz mountains at a >>> restaurant run by Italians :-) >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9672.jpg.html >>> >>> Opposite our hotel window: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9705.jpg.html >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9718.jpg.html >>> >>> The next shots were all posted earlier when we met Geoff and his >>> dear wife Bron. >>> >>> These two have been added: >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9764.jpg.html >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9770.jpg.html >>> >>> As have some from the Sony Centre - starting here >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ >>> LUG_TRIP__MG_9778.jpg.html >>> >>> Quite a lot for one post - hope you enjoy them as much as we >>> enjoyed being there - despite the poor weather we had most of the >>> time >>> >>> Cheers >>> Douglas >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information