For Summar enthusiasts: This shot of the bastions of Valletta across Grand Harbour on Malta was taken with a well-used uncoated Summar I bought...
I know the Leica Ia is old hat - but I think it is worth posting this image; if only to show how well the camera compares - in these conditions...
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Thought you guys might like to see some results from this old 929 Leica Ia camera - more appropriate here than on the Leica forum these days....
Malta - fireworks competition - Leica Ia - exposure guessed - about 1.5 seconds - wide open. Crop from a much larger negagtive<div>[ATTACH]</div>
A small crop from a much larger neg - Leica IIIb Summar Myall Lakes - Australia<div>[ATTACH]</div>
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Huge crop! - taken from a night harbour image - was 'browsing' the image and suddenly saw it. 1929 Leica I -approx seconds (guessed) - wide...
This is a link to the best presented information I've read about the history of the Zeiss Contax cameras, before, during, and in the aftermath...
I was just looking at some of my Leica IA photos of Mdina in Malta, and because of some appalling processing of a 120 film, began to crop the...
Another image from my old Ikoflex II (1936) - but this a very small section from the neg. I couldn't be more pleased with this camera. The...
Posted those two images because I love the way the older lenses capture and register the quality of light. I hope those images show that well...
The beaten-up Leica IIIb again - 90mm Elmar.<div>[ATTACH]</div>
Shot with my beaten-up old IIIb and 50mm Elmar - in the Art Gallery of New South Wales last year. I don't have the negs with me - only this...
Many years back I bought a Photax 135mm Pentax thread lens. Using my Asahi again, I find this lens - although it's heavy and has to be...
I posted this pic in the thread on Niagara revisited. But it was a late response, and may be missed by many. For me these falls beat the...
Just following up on the thread about flare and glow - here's an example from the same old setup in contrasted daylight. The old Leica IA -...
Flare or glow - the discussion goes on and on; butno matter what camera or lens at our disposal, it's all about capturing and using light in a...
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