I want this

collapsible summicrons are usually pretty cheap, $2-300, because the front element is really soft and is usually scratched up and they are prone to haze. otoh the collapsible 50mm 'cron was HCB's primary lens. shrug!

30 years ago you could kick a leica down a street

kinda thought that was one of the selling points tbh

http://www.bobbyleephoto.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/bresson.jpg

I love the look in his eyes - the gaze of a hunter!

HCBs "primary lens" was his ~eye~, man

I also want to share this picture of Eggleston

http://i.imgur.com/OCikR.jpg

what a gentleman!

btw even tho I think the whole thing is ott and ridiculous, the weird holster thing leica ginned up for that special edition M9 is kind of a good idea?

I mean with a name like Eggleston

what weird holster thing?

holy shit

http://www.shanelavalette.com/images/journal/egglestonandlynch.jpg

O_O

I'm on IPHONE but they did some dum limited run thing with the M9. some VW designer refashioned the body and instead of a neck strap they put a hand loop on the right side of the body. they then matched it to a shoulder holster deal, like the cam is a 9mm or something. I think it looks whack, but the idea isn't a bad one

oh yeah I think several companies make straps like that - they call them like quick...something.

btw that looks like a... contax g2? that lynch is holding.

http://www.louisck.net/2009/03/uso-tour-weblog-kuwait-iraq-af.html

lol louis ck uses a leica. is that good or bad?

obv its good. like, as a huge louis ck stan, i actually swooned a bit when i found out he was a leica dude.

he got some good shots imo. i think you can see his visual sensibilities reflected in "Louie."

haha I dunno anything about the dude, never seen his work

his setup is like $3.5k between the mp and the summilux. O_o

also he has the same light meter I use

not counting his 35 and 90!

also O_o at using a lens w/o a protective filter in iraq

obv its good. like, as a huge louis ck stan, i actually swooned a bit when i found out he was a leica dude.

he got some good shots imo. i think you can see his visual sensibilities reflected in "Louie."

so otm, both points. some lovely pictures out of helicopters on the blog. the pictures of army dudes i find too hard to judge but are neat. visually louie is beautiful - i've read him enthusing about lenses and on stuff like the episode with the neighbours & his pregnant sister you can see how much it pays off.

i think more about the compositional similarities & diffs between photography and cinema than i used to, recently, like i was to play with a film camera to see how it relates

also, all of his prologuing about the leicas - this is awesome, but you can try this one cheaply instead, putting up 'this is a shot taken on film', 'this digital', comparison shots etc are pretty great.

yeah I really appreciated the comparisons. and I think the shot on the helipad is gorgeous

got the go ahead on the M6 btw :D

neat! come with any lenses?

prob at least one. 28mm

When I was an art major, I wanted a Hasselblad XPan so I could approximate Cinemascope on 35mm film.

I mean, I'd still love an Xpan, but it's a lot less doable these days.

Just bought a M3 from someone on RFF - recently CLAed by Youxin Ye at a good price. Realistically I'll come out even on the deal in a worst case scenario.

nice one!

sweet - what's your 50mm?

I don't have one currently. Going to initially try a 35mm (I've got a 35 Nokton SC coming) and use the whole viewfinder, if that doesn't work out I'll probably look for a deal on a used Zeiss 50/2. Before Zeisses got scarce, I was seeing those for $550ish, which might be the best cost to lens ratio going.

the planar or sonnar?

Planar, the Sonnar is pretty expensive.

May not be going that route, just PMed someone on RFF about a Canon LTM 50/1.4. I'll just have to order a LTM-M adapter somewhere.

chinese made ones are cheap and match up pretty well with 'official' ones if you use a digital caliper to measure the thickness

The Voigtlander Nokton (35/1.4, SC) came in the mail today. It's crazy, crazy small. Pictures don't do the size justice.

Hi dere M3
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6256050987_4d4c8364c7_b.jpg
Leica M3 w/ 35mm Nokton by celluloidpropaganda, on Flickr

The modern M grip I found used looks kind of goofy on it but there's a vast improvement when it comes to holding the camera.

i want that

sweet! what kind of softie?

Abrahamsson original. Also got a mini-SR for my X100, the Match Technical I was using on it was wobbly.

Need to get a 50mm (probably Zeiss Planar, if I save the $$$), seriously considering trading my Ikon for a M2 or M4 to use with the 35mm mounted on the M3. The Ikon is a great camera, and the meter/loading are way more convenient obv, but guessing exposure and shooting with the M3 is more fun - and if I want convenient, I've got digital.

I bite my nails so I've got to rig something on the bottom plate so I can open it to reload without pulling out a knife.

I want this. It's low-res, and doesn't work great in low light, etc. etc., but it is the first camera of its kind, and its ability to choose the focal point of DOF AFTER taking a picture is pretty much mind-blowing.

yeah those things are crazy. see also the photoshop motion blur elimination thing

I haves it, it's mine

(the m6 i mean)

:D

w/28mm elmarit. it's so quiet dang

haha yeah it sounds so quiet after any digital that's not a compact. omg @ 28mm elmarit

^_^

Lomokino Super 35 - camera that shoots 144 frames on a regular 35mm roll for a (very) short film. $100 for camera and projector, looks pretty awesome.

http://www.photographyblog.com/images/sized/images/uploads/Lomokino_for_package1-449x400.jpg

http://usa.shop.lomography.com/lomokinoscopepackage?utm_source=microsite&utm_medium=www&utm_campaign=lomokino

24fps? 6 seconds?

new technology for the gif generation

so from the vid it looks panoramic which means the film gate is very wide but narrow; probably much less than 24 fps, more like 8?

24mm x 8.5mm frames, hand-cranked ~3-4fps

http://microsites.lomography.com/lomokino/

apparently they're going to have some kind of processing/scanning situation set up so you can get them easily digitized. I suspect that will be pretty expensive.