first pics from lausanne with my M7

[bostanem]

hi,

i was living in istanbul just before i moved to lausanne, switzerland and was dying to buy a Leica camera. but it was not only too difficult to find these cameras but also very extremely expensive. now i am a master student and bought an M7 with my scholarship, well i am broke now🙂

the curiosity of whether Leica was overrated or not made me buy this camera actually. Now i can say that i am totally satisfied with the feeling of shooting with an M7. it is just amazing.

anyway, here are some pics from my first roll with my M7.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mercury_fur/

 

[mfogiel]

Welcome to the Leicaholic Society ! If you can tell us something more about your film and processing, perhaps we could give you a hand in controlling the contrast a bit, your shots look a bit too hard to me. Anyway, enjoy your great camera!

 

[hans voralberg]

What a way to get a Leica, your student council will be pleased 😛

 

[payasam]

Thirty-five years ago, as a graduate student, I wanted to buy a Leica and finally had the money. The elderly salesman advised me to be practical: for close-ups and copying I should have a reflex camera.

 

[bostanem]

Welcome to the Leicaholic Society ! If you can tell us something more about your film and processing, perhaps we could give you a hand in controlling the contrast a bit, your shots look a bit too hard to me. Anyway, enjoy your great camera!

i dont have a darkroom here and but i used tmax 100 and got it developed at a local lab here 🙁 since i dont speak french very well it is tough to communicate with them 🙂

but still it would be very interesting to hear your suggestions.

 

[bostanem]

Thirty-five years ago, as a graduate student, I wanted to buy a Leica and finally had the money. The elderly salesman advised me to be practical: for close-ups and copying I should have a reflex camera.

i have a reflex camera but i think i didnt understand the point of having a reflex camera for copying. actually, i didnt get what you mean with copying. 😕

 

[kshapero]

Don't worry about copying, just enjoy your M7.

 

[Tim Gray]

Enjoy it!

I assume by copying he meant duplicating, as in slide duplicating.

 

[hans voralberg]

Or document and books 😉 I heard Lausaune lake is beautiful, take some photos of it 😀

 

[kipkeston]

Very nice photos. Is this with the 35 summicron-asph?

 

[mfogiel]

For B&W easy to scan, you should try Ilford XP2. Expose at ISO 200.

 

[bostanem]

Very nice photos. Is this with the 35 summicron-asph?

this is 28mm f:1.9 voightlander, i am waiting for the next scholarship payment to buy 35mm summicron-asph 🙂

 

[LeicaFoReVer]

Leica dunyasina hosgeldin 🙂

You will soon be addicted (maybe already 🙂. M7 is a gorgeous camera.

High contrast might be due to scanning. You may want to buy a decent scanner and control your own scans.

 

[bostanem]

Leica dunyasina hosgeldin 🙂

You will soon be addicted (maybe already 🙂. M7 is a gorgeous camera.

High contrast might be due to scanning. You may want to buy a decent scanner and control your own scans.

hosbulduk aykut bey 🙂

i have started reading about affordable scanners already, when i was in istanbul, i was able to use my friend's canon 9950f but now unfortunately i have to go with lab scans.

what really amazed me is the feeling that i have never had with my SLR. for me, this camera is not overrated and it deserves every penny of my scholarship🙂

 

[daveywaugh]

Great pics. I have been thinking about an M7 also now that they are almost affordable 🙂 Just a few years ago they were just a dream, but thanks to the M8 and M9...

 

[aldobonnard]

did you buy from Photo Grancy or from Photovision ?
I recommend that before you leave after your master, you have your M7 serviced by Leica Switzerland, they're really of higher standards and not expensive. Qualite suisse !
🙂

 

[bostanem]

did you buy from Photo Grancy or from Photovision ?
I recommend that before you leave after your master, you have your M7 serviced by Leica Switzerland, they're really of higher standards and not expensive. Qualite suisse !
🙂

i bought it from photovision 🙂 my leica was serviced just before i bought it and for sure it will be checked before i leave switzerland.

 

[filmfan]

I was just traveling in Switzerland and stopped off in Lausanne for a week. Beautiful city! I took many shots as well. Enjoy the M7.

 

[kbg32]

Don't be afraid of photographing people head on.

 

[LeicaFoReVer]

I felt exactly the same things when I first bought my M6...I share your excitement...

I learned a lot over the years on this site so keep hanging around...