[Leica] Lunch with Jay and MM

[Peter Klein]

Thanks for looking, Geoff. Like the S2, the Summicron ASPH is overkill for
what I usually shoot, but the Monochrom...  be still, my heart.  That is
one incredible B&W machine.  Even if it takes a semi-eternity to save your
picture to the memory card. I'll post some other shots I took with it
later. The files are so beautiful and malleable, I can hardly believe my
eyes.

I have a bunch of 50mm lenses that have been saying "Shoot full frame with
me!" lately. They would get along with the MM splendidly.  I also have a
wallet that says, "Ouch!"  We'll see who wins.  :-)  Meanwhile, I can shoot
B&W very nicely with the M8 most of the time, albeit with 35mm lenses as
"standard lenses."  I should do more with it.

--Peter

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I enjoyed looking Peter. That technolust is a terrible thing when you see
> what the best of the best M lenses can do on the Monochrom too!
> It could be worse, I should send you a file from the S2 with the APO Macro
> 120!!!! Ridiculously good.
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
> On 4 December 2014 at 06:05, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > As Jay already told you, we had lunch and a photo walk together
> yesterday,
> > and our Leicas came along. Jay let me use his Monochrom and 50 Summicron
> > ASPH.  That combination is truly astounding. Here's a shot I took of some
> > backlit Pampas grass. In Capture One, no matter how much I magnify it,
> more
> > detail and more tones appear.
> > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/15749228348/lightbox/>
> >
> > After I took this, Jay wanted his camera back. I don't blame him. Here he
> > is getting his picture. Taken with my M8 and 35 Summilux ASPH.
> > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1009859.jpg.html>
> >
> > And here is Jay chasing some light at lunch. No antlers.
> > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1009828.jpg.html
> >
> > Enjoy!  And thanks again, Jay!
> > -Peter
> >
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