Leica LTM First roll: IIIG with Leitz 50mm f/2 and Voigt 21mm f/4

[Rob MacKillop]

I bought this IIIg recently, and today found time to rattle off 35 shots. To my surprise I managed to install the film correctly, and to my delight the results are not bad. As it was a test roll, I used an out-of-date roll of Fuji Superia 400, which is not a film I use these days, much preferring Portra or various Ilford b&w films. Still, the colours of the guitar are gorgeous, and I love the out-of-focus bits to the right of the guitar: the chair and bookcase. It was taken with a Leitz 50mm f/2 (or 5cm, if you prefer). The two trains shot is with a Voigtlander 21mm f/4 with Voigtlander 50mm viewfinder - I can't find a 21mm viewfinder. The shots were hastily put together, but I've done worse.

Leitz 50mm f/2:

Voigtlander 21mm f/4 with 50mm viewfinder:




I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

And another with the Voigtlander: Waverley Station, Edinburgh:

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[Emile de Leon]

Guitar is beautiful..reminds me of the Gibson of a guy I played jazz with for years used..

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Gorgeous guitar colours and lovely rendering - I'm assuming it's a Summicron 50mm?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Emile - It would be nice to have an old Gibson like that. Mine was made by Eastman.

Charles - Summar 50mm f/2 - I should have been more specific. Lovely lens.

Pity about the sunshine blowout on the guitar, which is something I would normally take more care over. I just wanted to shoot all 36 shots quickly so I could get them developed in an hour, just to check everything was working. It is

This is my first Leica film camera, and I'm wondering what took me so long. I've been shooting with a Konica Hexar AF for the last eight years or so. That's a good camera too, though.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Very good exposure, developing and scanning.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thank you, Ko.Fe.