Two Cheers for Marc Williams!

[vuk_vuksanovic]

Over the past several weeks, I tried desperately to get my hands on

an affordable Leica R with 50mm Summicron after a very annoying

incident with the local dealer. I recently found a used R4 on the

net (for a mere $275) and Marc came through with a 2-Cam Summicron 50

for a price so low I'm embarassed to disclose it. The lens is simply

magic.

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I am very grateful and would like to celebrate this act of

benevolance by posting a shot from the first test roll of slides in

Marc's honour:

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BTW--it's all real.

[gannet___]

Nice pair! The lens and camera, that is. :)

[Troll]

Mein Gott, she's Jaundiced as Marg Simpson. (Just in case you haven't noticed it, "everything" is outlined like the Edward Weston nudes that have caused such controversy, and many photographers would give their right ballhead to reproduce.)

[fotografz]

Thanks Vuk, they...er...uh..IT.. seems to be in good hands.

[Spearhead]

Marc is definitely a good guy.

 

The photo leaves a lot to be desired. As much as I like naked women, this is cliche and antiseptic.

[vuk_vuksanovic]

Jeff.

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I was just testing the lens and posted a result in the context of thanking Marc. I was not fishing for a critique--honest!

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Oh well, here's one from the same session (a dozen frames earlier) for your prudish tastes ;-)

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<i>Summicron R 50mm</i>

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Cheers,<br>

Vuk.

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P.S. The colours in this one reflect far more precisely what's on the slide.

[ray_moth]

Isn't that a great lens! I like your pictures, Vuk. They're very well executed and I don't regard them as clichéd, since I haven't seen anything like them before.

[walter_chiu]

wow i love the last picture, vuk.

[maria_s.]

boyz boyz boyz ... i swear, one of those days i'll start shooting male behinds

[ray_moth]

You do that, I'm outta here!

[jay_.]

Man I must be getting old but IMO even beautiful young women with tatoos (and piercings, other than *one* in each ear) affect me like saltpeter and a lapful of icecubes. Nice photo, technically though.

[paul hart]

Photo 1: what I want to know is - whose hands are they?

[iván]

I have left to see whether my R4 learns how to do these tricks ! ! !

Any hints ?

 

-Iván

[maria_s.]

I take a rain check, Ray.