Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/28

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Subject: [Leica] URL: OT lens testing
From: george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:25:36 -0500
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On Oct 27, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

> Oh there were film loading issues that could bite you too.
> 
> And then there were all the gotchas that came with processing film.
> 
> Adam
> 
>> On Oct 27, 2015, at 11:04 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I agree, George.  When I started out in 1952 with a Leica IIIa and Elmar 
>> 50/3.5, the only stupid mistake one could make was to fail to extend the 
>> lens!

Quite true Adam.

Though all those tasks and processes 
also determine the level of craftsmanship
to be discovered within a finished photographic work.

also the use of mind instead of computers;
including experience and intuitions.

?just reminiscences of decades past
when we had a simple lens and shutter
on one end of a dark box
and a ground glass and/or piece of film
on the other end.
focus
aperture
shutter
expose

Regards,
George Lottermoser 

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