Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have my original Leica, a IIIa from 1936, but it needs a good CLA. I just don't shoot enough film to make the investment worthwhile. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Michel Mertz" <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> To: "lug LEICA USERS ORGANISATION" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: An Unusual Airplane > > Thanks for your comments, Jim. I happen to use a IIIc either with a > Summitar, Elmar 50 -3,5 or 35 - 3,5, once in a while, to avoid them > getting rusty, and I must say I do enjoy the definite something I can get, > the impression of traveling back to pioneering times when picture taking > was adventurous activity and an opening to what seemed to be a new > frontier. In fact, the lack of crispness isn't a problem for me, it's the > flare that's a bit hard to handle (obviously proper hoods are hard to find > ... or non-existent) . But this is a solid, compact camera I can use > without batteries and when I take the very short 35 - 3,5, I can take it > anywhere with me - just in my pocket.Jean-MichelWhen I was a kid, I used > to live close to an airfield where WWII veterans would refresh their > skills on double deckers and other planes, similar to the ones I can see > in your gallery. And they would take parachute enthusiasts once in a while > and we'd watch the white ou grey umbrellas (no colour the > n) open up with a soft bang ...! > > From: jhnichols at lighttube.net >> To: lug at leica-users.org >> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:29:58 -0600 >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: An Unusual Airplane >> >> Thanks for the kind words, Jean-Michel. I have owned this lens since >> 1952, >> but let my son use it for a while. Although I can't see much haze when I >> shine a light through the lens, it does not produce the crispness now >> that >> it did when new. I will just retire it, along with the Summitar, and try >> to >> master the recently-acquired Canon 50/1.4, which is 10-12 years younger >> than >> the Leica lenses. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jean-Michel Mertz" <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> >> To: "lug LEICA USERS ORGANISATION" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 10:48 AM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: An Unusual Airplane >> >> >> > >> > I don't know much about airplanes but I can recognize the very special >> > colour and general mood conveyed by the 1940s Leica lenses + the IIIs >> > series. Great job, thanks for sharing.Jean-Michel >> > > From: jhnichols at lighttube.net >> >> To: lug at leica-users.org >> >> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:08:05 -0600 >> >> CC: olympus at thomasclausen.net >> >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: An Unusual Airplane >> >> >> >> While evaluating my first Leica lens, an Elmar 50/3.5 from 1946, I >> >> came >> >> across this Air Tractor company-owned Sky Truck airplane which >> >> appeared >> >> to be fitted out with flight test gear in the rear cockpit. Developed >> >> from a large agricultural aircraft, the AT-802U has been used for >> >> firefighting and for close air support in developing countries. It is >> >> a >> >> BIG airplane. >> >> >> >> I thought of this one when Chris Barker commented about airplanes with >> >> long noses. This is about as long as they get! >> >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Air+Tractor+Sky+Truck+4a+NI.jpg.html >> >> >> >> Leica IIIf RD with coated 50/3.5 Elmar from 1946 >> >> >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed. >> >> >> >> Jim Nichols >> >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >