GlennS

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Jantar Mantar, Delhi , Leica M4, 21mm Super Angulon , Tri-X , D76

If you don't mind me dipping into the way back machine I can go back a fair ways. Have been clicking shutters on Leica's since around 1968. Here's a few with the 3g from 1971 during a stopover in Istanbul. Hagia Sophia has been in the news lately as it's been converted into a mosque. Hope people will still be able to photograph inside..... Glenn

Back in the early seventies when I was doing physical chemistry research. Leica M4, 21mm Super Angulon

Kabul Afghanistan 1976, Leica 3f , 5cm Elmar

One of the crypts beneath the Taj Mahal. This is not the central crypt where Shah Jahan and Mumtaz have their tombs. Photographed in 1970 , Leica M4 , 21mm Super Angulon, 1/15' f/3.4 , Kodachrome64

Village barber rural India, Leica M4, 21mm Super Angulon, Fuji 400H

Waiting for the last cow to come home. Rural UP India Leica 3g, 5cm Elmar

Seeing as this thread has morphed into one about slow speeds and panning, thought I'd share a couple images. Friends had an extra ticket to a horse show and invited me along so I brought my Leica and 90mm Tele-Elmarit. Tungsten high speed Ektachrome was only rated at 125 ISO but I knew the lab would push process to 320. Even at that my meter indicated 1/15" @ f/2.8 Decided to try some panning shots and got a number of keepers. This was the best of the lot and I entered it in an international photo competition. It was a regional winner and earned some $$$. I then entered a 16X20" print in a photo salon where it won best of show, a NAPA (National Association of Photographic Art) gold medal, and the Carveth Award. Not too shabby for a camera that people say is no good for fast action. I recall using the corner of the rangefinder patch as a reference point while following the rider. I then wondered how panning would work for daylight shots of motorcycle racing. Quite well, just use slow film and stop way down to get a slow enough shutter speed. Same Leica and 90mm combination. I feel there's more sense of motion to these shots than I'd have gotten using high ISO and fast shutter speeds.

Leica 3g, 5cm Elmar

M4, 21mm Super Angulon

When you loose your visual reference there’s an almost automatic flinch. Competitive target shooters know this and train to avoid it. A blink as you fire will generally cost you a 10X (bullseye). The worst firearm for this is a flintlock, there’s a puff of flame and smoke from the powder in priming pan as you fire which blocks your vision. People who shoot the things often jokingly refer to them as flinchlocks. Perhaps shooting a flintlock would be good training for hand holding a camera at slower shutter speeds? I did an experiment using a DSLR to see how slow a shutter speed I was capable of hand holding. After doing this looking through the lens I repeated the experiment using a viewfinder in the hot shoe. At slower speeds there was a noticeable improvement, the flinch was either eliminated or reduced substantially. Glenn

Here’s another recommendation for the little Tele-Elmarit, a very under rated lens. The size makes it perfect for traveling and the speed isn’t too slow. The shear size and weight discouraged me from considering the Summicron. Only problem with the lens, it won’t fit the 3g or 3f and have to use a CV Apo-Lanthar instead. ;-) I’ve owned mine since the late sixties and will never let it go. Glenn

Carpet weaver India, Leica 3g 5cm Elmar

Foot bridge over the Kabul river, Kabul Afghanistan 1976, Leica 3f 9cm Elmar

Kathmandu, M4, 50mm Summicron

This looks like a good place to isolate. Eastern Rockies, M4, 21mm Super Angulon

The 3g has a lot of memories for me. It’s the camera I used on my first around the world trip in 1971. Bought it for $125 with f/3.5 Elmar. Back then the LTM camera’s were quite reasonable. Several years later I traded it for some M gear, big mistake. It cost a lot more to replace many years later when I had a nostalgia attack. I also used a 3f beater when conditions warranted, like at sea when worried about corrosion. I used to enjoy wandering off the beaten path, often down back alleys in the wrong part of town and didn’t want to carry gear that looked too expensive. In the crazy world of today the 3g would be worth more than a consumer DSLR.