[Leica] IMG: Food Banks Project

[Gerry Walden]

Thank you Nathan, I appreciate your comments.

Gerry

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> On 25 Jul 2015, at 21:56, Nathan Wajsman <nwajsman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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).
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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>> On 22 Jul 2015, at 16:19, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/LAE-1000050.jpg.html
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>> Comments are welcome, but I do not want to get into any political discussions etc. I am just there to record what I see.
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>> Gerry
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