[Leica] Don's PAW

[langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)]

On 8/21/05, Don Dory <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
> This week I got back to using the III and an uncoated Summar.  These
> images were shot somewhere around 2.5 to 4.3.  While nowhere up to
> modern standards the lens can provide quite acceptable results if you
> are willing to up the contrast a bit.
> 
> First up, while I was having a pleasant lunch in an Asian noodle
> restaurant(funny how low brow in a native country becomes middle to
> upper brow in the adopted country) I noticed the light on this
> gentleman while he waited.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Summar/number52
> 
> The straitians you see are interntal reflections inside the lens.
> 
> While I had my camera up, I noticed this young lady waiting with a
> most interesting demeanor in light of the decor:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Summar/laughter
> 
> Last, while grocery shopping, I liked the position of this man while
> he chatted some mate up.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Summar/onthephone
> 
> I must say, using the older small frame Barnack was generally a
> delight.  With the lens collapsed it fit in a pants pocket and the
> alleged difficulties of focusing then framing was not bad.  It forced
> a little more thought into the image but you could also do all the
> normal Leica tricks of hyperfocal focusing and shooting from the waist
> or off hand.  Also, the knob wind is so anachronistic that most people
> don't realize that their picture has been taken.
> 
> Comments, slings and arrows, free pictures of goth chicks cheerfully 
> accepted.
> 
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
> 
> 
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