Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bonjour, Got a very nice Christmas present. Des gens de mon quartier by Claire Beaugrand-Champagne. This is a book containing B&W portraits of so-called ordinairy people from Montréal. To be more precise, ordinairy folks you meet in various locations in quartier petite patrie (rue Beaubien corner St-Hubert would arguably be the central point). Most portraits were taken on location. A great moving little book that includes the personal history of those photographed. And for those into such trivial issues, Claire uses a black Leica M5 with what seems like a 50mm black Summicron. And, by the way, I seem to recall that the so-called misalignment at 1 o'clock of SM lenses was done on purpose. Apparently, Leitz (note the spelling) wanted the user to be able to see all the camera/lens settings from one angle; while looking at the top of the camera and that was not possible when such a thing as a torpedo finder was used as the finder would block the view for the focusing point. Hence the 1 o'clock position of the lens focusing indicator. Then again my SM Summicron 35mm centers properly at 12 o'clock.... Best, Robert (Un chevalier sans blason)