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Some photos from a local choral society production of 'The Painted Lady': a musical 'whodunnit'. All invigoratingly amateurish (the script was read), and well done. Taken with a monochrom and a voigtlander (aka cosina) 90mm lens - seems to be prone to flair. Love the colour in your photo, Allancobb, and both luis triguez and Bill Blackwell are to be envied for their mastery of B&W. Regards, Arthur.

Likewise. My retina IIc won't fully close with a filter, but I manage. Leave the filter on nearly always. Enjoy your motorcycle road trip. I'll look forward to seeing some photos. The retina IIa had a number of improvements over the retina I, lever wind and no longer requiring the shutter to be cocked separately. Most had an X-M synchronised Synchro Compur shutter, but some of the earlier models had an X synchronised Compur Rapid. I'd be interested to know the lens details. My IIc:

Local choral society putting on 'The Painted Lady'.

A Retina IIc, fished out from the cupboard. A fascinating and pocketable camera, able to be hand held at very low speeds. FP4 developed in Ilfosol 3. First, the camera, then some lillies, then a friend of the family, and finally, a view of Central Railway Concourse. Regards, Arthur

The last three images from my 'photography class' a few weeks ago - a riverside jaunt. The first a passerby with a monochrom, the next two, a passerby and some birds with a M type 246. The birds are a bit 'hit and miss' as I was trying out pre-focus (ineffectually). Regards, Arthur (apiarist1).

Yes, I see, Allen Herbert. I still liked the first version. And I did succumb to the summicron 75mm - a clinically exact lens, with little of the 'charm' and 'glow' (aka veiling flare and spherical aberration) of earlier lenses. After I repair the debt, I'll start saving for a 35mm version, and that will do me. Till then, I'll use my zeiss, old summaron, and a jupiter (which looks like a biogon copy) and live with the vignetting. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

My local churches have recommenced, post covid, 'men's breakfasts': an early morning get-together for mainly old, white, men to enjoy a bar-b-q'd breakfast, with eggs and beans (the first three are images of some of the participants) and listen to a homily (the last image - delivered by probably the youngest man in the group). Yes, these things happen in Oz's rural arcadia. The images are from last Saturday's recommenced breakfast. All with my monochrom and 75mm lens. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1).

Worked a treat (I did points 1, 2, and 4). Thanks, BillBlackwell Images. I had images of more dollars passing from my hands to another's. Regards, and thanks again. Arthur McCulloch (apiarist1).

Hi, my M 246's developed an anomaly yesterday. They decided to show the message 'lens not connected' with some lenses (mainly legacy LTM's with cheap chinese adapters, but also with a couple of my voigtlander/cosina lenses). These lenses had previously worked fine, with no problems (other than operator poor eye sight). This did not happen with other lenses. I could still use the rangefinder, and the cameras would record images, but no evf function or LV, and the irritating message 'no lens connected'. Looking at previous threads, I'm guessing that it may be a problem with the code sensor being exposed to light because of the cheap adapters; but why only now and not previously?. I've kept the lens detection in the menus on 'off'. I haven't yet tried to select a lens type manually (thinking that may turn off the code detector; unless a coded lens is attached), but will try that later today. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1).

My contributions for this week. All taken with my newly (secondhand) acquired M10 monochrom. I am doing a 'photography course' at my local community college, and these images were taken on our morning 'excursion' to the local park - bright, direct sunshine. The first is of one of the group, the second a passer by, and the third of a young woman who was sleeping rough in one of the picnic shelters in the park - we had a lengthy conversation. My M 264's have developed a strange anomaly: they give 'lens not connected' with some lenses attached (usually legacy LTM's with cheap Chinese adapters, but not always), and refuse to allow the evf or LV to work. They will still work, but limited to the rangefinder for focusing. I'll do a separate post for some advice. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1).

Thanks Greg M. Much appreciated. I use an evf with focus peaking. It's almost impossible to get the magnifiers here in Oz. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

Thanks Bill Blackwell Images. Much appreciated. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

Greg M, how do you find the 75mm summicron? I'm thinking of getting one to replace my existing voigtlander (aka cosina) 75mm. Very nice image. The colour is really saturated. Very 'lively'. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

My images are from a fundraiser my spouse and I did yesterday at a day activity program for elderly retirees. (We called it 'soup for soup', to help fund a soup kitchen program in the Ukraine). Like many retiree groups, women outnumbered men by about ten to one. Men die earlier. Taken with my monchrom type 246 and a Jupiter 85mm lens, which doesn't support focus peaking, so my success rate was about 1:2. The monochrom needs a sensor clean.

I should add, on another note, that here in Oz I've seen some incredible images in the media of the weather event devastation that has hit North America. My thoughts and prayers go to those impacted. Arthur.

My contributions, from a few weeks ago. All with my monochrom and go to voigtlander (aka cosina) 75mm lens (with yellow filter). The first is another bartendress (I guess I'm getting a reputation as a barfly). Sometimes, the sharpness of contemporary lens can produce unflattering results. The second of a shy patron. I've enjoyed my musings with the jupiter 85mm lens, despite its proneness to flare, and low contrast. Looking forward to this week's contributions. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

Luis Triguez, is the last a self-portrait? It has me intrigued; the position of the slow speed dial has me beat. On mine, it's on the right hand side (an early form of 'manurism' - a propensity to see everyone as right handed, and to regard left handedness as 'sinister'). Is it a mirror reflection? Most people wear their watches on their left hand. It intrigues me. The second image is fantastic. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

My contributions for a slow week - a few more images of attendees at our recent 'official refurbished library' opening. Though the library now has less stock, all self help, with fewer staff, but a very tasteful colour scheme. The last image is of a fellow photographer, who had trouble deciding what was more important - the coffee or the camera. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

Where was that first image taken, Bill Blackwell Images? It brought back memories. They are an artifact which seems to be spreading. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1)

Just thinking about, I thought the macro was an 100mm lens, not 110? It will still be a perfectly acceptable short portrait lens. I'll have to have a look at mine. Regards, Arthur (apiarist1). Best wishes Rick.