Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Used S cameras and lenses are relatively affordable, I rarely use the remains of my M system these days? john From: LUG <lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org> on behalf of Marty Deveney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> Date: Friday, 9 June 2023 at 04:09 To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Cc: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] Some Film Shots Indeed, among the very best manual focus SLRs ever. The Leica S series SLRs are just like a modernised digital R8 or 9 but they are priced into unpopularity. A shame, but they really are stellar user cameras. On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 1:52?PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Great to see the R8 in use. Still one of my favourite cameras, ever. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > On 16 May 2023, at 19:31, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > > Like last fall, I brought my R8 on this trip. Had a few 20 year old > Fujicolor 400 films in the freeze so thought I'd give them a try. Part of > this trip was to deliver an M3 to someone in SoCal, so I shot half a roll > in the M3 on the way down then the last half in the R8 in Yosemite. I also > had another film camera long, a Kodak Retina Type 118 from 1936. I still > have the film in that camera so will have to post some later if they turn > out. Flaky shutter in that camera. > > > > Here are a few shots with the R8 in Yosemite. Reflection of Cathedral > Rock taken across the Merced river by the base of El Capitan. > > > > Cathedral Rock Reflection-56 (leica-users.org) < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Cathedral+Rock+Reflection-56.jpg.html > > > > > > And a few views of Mt. Watkins over Mirror Lake > > > > Mirror Lake-69 (leica-users.org) < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Mirror+Lake-69.jpg.html><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Mirror+Lake-69.jpg.html%3e> > > > > Mirror Lake-70 (leica-users.org) < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Mirror+Lake-70.jpg.html><http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/S23/y/Mirror+Lake-70.jpg.html%3e> > > > > > > -- > > Aram Langhans > > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin > himself would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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