Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well done indeed, Gerry. I have that lens too, it was the first new Leica lens I bought when I got back into Leica in 2008. In fact, it was the last time I bought a new Leica lens (I have bought several second-hand lenses in the years since). Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA > On 22 Jul 2015, at 16:19, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote: > > As some of you may know I am currently working on a social documentary > project about food banks in my city. The purchase of the Leica M9 came in > the middle of this, and I was a little concerned about shooting at low > light levels so I used it on my latest shoot on Monday. These two guys > were ?sanctioned? for separately missing appointments with the benefits > office. There are no excuses for this, illness etc. doesn?t count. There > sanction was absolutely no state aid for 6 weeks, so they were at the food > bank for free food, which they can only receive for 3 weeks a year because > there is insufficient food to meet demand. > > I think the camera and LR coped very well in a basement room with normal > levels of lighting and no natural light at all. BTW, the lens was a 35mm > Summarit f2.5 > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/LAE-1000050.jpg.html > > Comments are welcome, but I do not want to get into any political > discussions etc. I am just there to record what I see. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information