Leica Users

[rossawilson1]

Hi Paul, just had a look at your prison photographs.. amazing texture, form and light.. what an eye you have! That Leica quality certainly is evident.

 

[ron110n]

Hello Paul, welcome aboard and I think we all know each other the moment we arrive here at LeicApug.

 

[phc]

A question rossawilson1 - what film are you using for your night pictures?

 

[rossawilson1]

I use Ilford Delta 400.. I will then push it to 800 or 1600 but where I can leave it at 400. I find the smoother tones really help in such a contrasty environment. I also use it for most of my day shots too.

 

[sinnlicht]

For those interested in the M5 I have recently updated the wiki entry and would be grateful for any comment or corrections.

Thanks

Richard

 

[colrehogan]

Hi, just joined this group. I have a IIIc and an M6 TTL. I think they are telling me to get them out and use them.

 

[Chaplain Jeff]

Hello,

Just discovered the "Social Group" aspect of APUG.

I shoot an M3, M5 and CLE as well as a Minolta 35 Model II. Quite a few lenses, but my favorites would have to be my Summicron DR 50mm, f/2 and my Rokkor 28mm, f/2.8.

Shoot mostly Velvia or Ilford b/w.

Jeff M

 

[kennethcooke]

Hello all- I am new to this group and would just like to say Hi. I am based in the West Riding- UK and leica M system user in fact all my photographic equipment is made by Leitz. I am happy to go into more detail but this is just meant as a brief introduction

 

[Peter Markowski]

Hi. My name is Peter and I'm new to the group. I got starting using a Leica in 2000. Leica M6 with the Summilux-M 1.4 35mm. I've shot with it in 5 European countries, 1 in South America, and not enough in North America. I'm in Canada, Alberta. I process and print all of my b/w film (this is 95% of what goes through the Leica) mostly HP5. Thank-you.

 

[kennethcooke]

Hi Peter and welcome. It is good to hear your M6 adventures. Like you my drug of choice is M6 in fact I have a couple of bodies and Summicron optics. I am in the process of trying to set up my own darkroom but I have not done my own B&W processing for 30 odd years as I tended to shoot colour reversal exclusively- Kodachrome II in the UK and Agfa CT18 in the Alps

 

[Peter Markowski]

Hello all! I was looking at the rapid softies. Does anyone have them and what are your thoughts, is it worth the expense? Does it give a softer press and reduce sympathetic vibration for longer exposure times?? Thank-you in advance
http://www.rapidwinder.com/softies.htm

Peter

 

[Muihlinn]

Tom's soft release worths the little money what I paid for it, eons ago. It makes a difference in smoother shutter release allowing me sharp pictures 2 points slower than before using it, but as every double edged sword it fires sometimes with little pressure when carrying the camera with the shutter armed.

 

[shutterhack]

Hi everyone, I've just joined this group, I use a poor man's Leica, the R6 with a Suumicron-R 35/2.0 and Elmarit-R 90/2.8. I hope to find more of the rare species (the R users) here and as usual of course I always envy all you lucky M users. I'm based in Malaysia hope to make friend here.

Fadzly

 

[jimcollum]

just joined the group.. M2 with preasph 35/1.4, preasph 50/1.4, 75/1.4, preasph 21/2.8, VC 12, 15 (oh.. and an old m*... but won't go there here....)

 

[Muihlinn]

welcome jim!

 

[mhcfires]

Hi all,

I became addicted to Leica when I found a nice IIIa. I now have two IIIa's, a IIIf and recently picked up a very nice M2 on the bay. I don't have any M mount lenses, I have a Summar, Summitar 50mm lenses , Summaron 35mm lens and an Elmar 90mm. The M2 has really spoiled me. I like the other cameras, but this one is wonderful.

 

[daleeman]

Hello,
New to this group, on APUG for a while.
Dad taught me on his IIIf. I have been using a Leicaflex SL, an R4mot and my favorite an M2. For our wedding aniv my wife got me an M8.2. So I love the Leicas.

Member of the Leica Historical Society, we have our spring shoot here in Dayton Ohio, you should look into it. www.lhsa.org

I have coordinated with the Charles M. Messer Leica Collection to bring about ten of the rarest Leicas to Dayton to be at our banguest on May 14th. I know you will wanbt to see these and you can by joining LHSA and comming to the Spring Shoot.

The Charles M. Messer Leica Collection is housed at Miami University in Oxford Ohio and sometime in 2011 or 2012 will have the entire collection online for review. So many goodies, probably true... if Leica made it the collection has at least one of them.

Lee

 

[AbbeyFoto]

Hi

Just retired and joined this group with aim of reviving my Leica film kit.

 

[shutterclank]

i shoot with a couple leica m4's equipped with a 50mm, 35mm, and 50cm summicrons. yay for leica!!