Besotted. Totally besotted.

Ken Ford

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I met up with SolaresLarrave (Francisco) after work tonight, and had a great time drinking coffee, jabbering and playing with nice German (and Portuguese) cameras.

However, he's a real meanie. Along with everything else, he brought along his wonderful DS M3.

I am totally in love! I've been casually looking for a late DS to use with my 40 Cron and 90 Elmar-C, and now know it would be the perfect choice for a daily carry camera with those lenses.

The buttery wind! That magnificent VF! The amazing 90mm framelines! (At first, I thought the 135mm framelines were the 90mm, and the 90mm the 50mm!)

Francisco is a cruel, cruel man. Nice, though.

Francisco, thanks again for a wonderful time - I hope we can do it again soon! Maybe a trip downtown on a Saturday to hit Central and shoot the Loop?
 
Frank, it really is different than my M6 or my old M4-P! I think I may have moaned the first time I wound Francisco's M3, and drooled a little.

An M3 would give my very nice 90 Elmar-C a new lease on life.
 
Ken,
By your enthusiasm/love I thought this was your first M. Silly me. I guess this M3 must be someting special. I have to admit, I've never handled one. I've used both and M6, M6TTL and now have an MP.

Ron
 
Tom, I found the DS to be no problem at all - the throws are very natural. I tend to use my M6 the same way, preferring several short strokes versus one long one that forces me to move the camera too far from my eye.
 
I loved my M3 DS, even though I had to part with it, the DR and the 90 cron. One thing though.... when I held grainhound's M2 up to my eye, I melted. You have played with a top-notch M2 with 35 cron attached, haven't you?
 
Yeah, for years after I sold my M4-P I wanted an M2. Really, an M2 isn't practical for me any more - I like 28mm and 75mm lenses. My M6 is a good fit.
 
Trius said:
I loved my M3 DS, even though I had to part with it, the DR and the 90 cron. One thing though.... when I held grainhound's M2 up to my eye, I melted. You have played with a top-notch M2 with 35 cron attached, haven't you?
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It's what I've been shooting with the last few days 🙂 . I'm not sure my M2's "top notch" though. I tried an M3 yesterday while disposing of my M6TTL and just couldn't get on with the lack of space around the 50 frame but I am a speccy ****.

Magus, you're removing your 75 frame. I'm shocked.
 
Mark

Why are you closing your left eye, why not leave it open?

What was the £$%@, before the **** got to it...

I use a 28mm on a M2 (and M4-2) and don't have a problem other then the lens flaring occassionally, and yes I have specs to.

Noel
 
Xmas said:
Mark

Why are you closing your left eye, why not leave it open?

What was the £$%@, before the **** got to it...

I use a 28mm on a M2 (and M4-2) and don't have a problem other then the lens flaring occassionally, and yes I have specs to.

Noel
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I don't always close my left eye when framing. Usually not with a 35 as I shoot pretty "loose" and often use zone focusing with that FL. I still like more room around the 50 frame, I suppose I've just got used a .72 finder.

I did the **** myself to allow people to think up their own rude words 🙂
 
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