[Leica] Some Film Shots

[John McMaster]

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
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> > 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
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> >
> > 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>
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> > 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>
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