A Barnack Haiku

[shadowfox]

"Old rangefinder
many eyes it has
beauty I see"

 

[Anupam]

"It's out of alignment
Needs a CLA
Drives me up a tree"

Just kidding. Looks beautiful. Are you using an external finder even with a 50? I have really gotten into those brightline finders with my Bessa T - love them.

-A

 

[sepiareverb]

Then did Barnack
get that question
"what you doing?"

 

[pvdhaar]

90 35 50
perfect body
endless dreams

 

[payasam]

Friends, all this should be in the POETRY sub-forum.

 

[shadowfox]

"It's out of alignment
Needs a CLA
Drives me up a tree"

Just kidding. Looks beautiful. Are you using an external finder even with a 50? I have really gotten into those brightline finders with my Bessa T - love them.

-A

LOL! Anupam, that would be my next haiku 😀

About the SBOOI finder, it came with the camera. I laughed at the idea at first, until I actually use it. Wow, can't take my eyes from it.

Good thing for me, I didn't pay for it, the seller probably thought it's part of the camera.

 

[shadowfox]

Friends, all this should be in the POETRY sub-forum.

Payasam, if they make one, I'll move this thread there 🙂

Say, do poets do Haiku's in Hindi?

 

[KoNickon]

A Barnack Leica --
A thing of beauty, it is.
But why a FED Lens?

 

[MikeL]

As I walk inside
and kick off my snow-covered boots
the vulcanite cracks.

 

[JNewell]

Hmmm...nice...but am I the only one finding this concept a little ironic??? 😉

 

[drewbarb]

Finicky loading, squinty finder
parallax annoys;
Damn- shots all blurry.


(Just kidding.)

 

[shadowfox]

A Barnack Leica --
A thing of beauty, it is.
But why a FED Lens?

"FED lens
Fine optics fine fit
no Summar in sight"

😀

 

[shadowfox]

Hmmm...nice...but am I the only one finding this concept a little ironic??? 😉

Which concept
Ironic how?
Elaborate please.

 

[Pakmanpdx]

The framing seems good
These shots will be the best yet!
damn- stupid lens cap!

 

[gregg]

Tiny dim finder
Two windows viewing the world
Meters are for wimps

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I remember this old thread:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16573

My own favorite:

Decisive Moment:
I frame, I focus, I snap.
You are oblivious.

😀

 

[vdonovan]

Spring rain
Take pictures?
Or hide my precious camera?



A historical note: the battling haikus in this thread recall the origins of the haiku form. Haiku started as a sort of parlor game called hakai in which the party host would write a verse. A guest would then write another verse in response and cover up the first one and so on. As the party goes on a long poem is written, with each writer only seeing the previous verse.

Poets published books of opening verses that could be used to start the game. Some of these verses became popular in their own right and thus a new form of poetry was born.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Friends, all this should be in the POETRY sub-forum.

I remember my gf saying this recently: "go ahead, poke the bear..." :angel:

 

[wolves3012]

A Barnack Leica --
A thing of beauty, it is.
But why a FED Lens?

Possibly because they take damn fine pictures?
He's lucky, my two FED 50mms park very nicely across the RF window, rendering them useless! Industar 22 works well though 😀

 

[shadowfox]

Vince: Didn't know that part of haiku history. Sounds like fun 🙂

Gabriel: That's a fun thread

wolves: What do you mean by "park nicely across the RF window"? I haven't actually shot with the Fed lens on the iiic (it's on its way to a CLA), but the rangefinder patch moves in accordance to the lens focusing ring, so I assume it'd do ok.

Everyone: Thanks for your haiku's, let's continue the party ... 😀