8 days ago. Quite unusual for me, as I usually shoot daily because the more I shoot, the better I get (merely my subjective assessment).
On 31 March I woke up with a fever of 102 F and had my partner, Barbara, take me to the Copper Queen Hospital here in Bisbee. In the ER the temp had risen to 103F, so my friend and personal doctor, Syed Azam, ex-rayed the old lungs and declared that I had pneumonia. They let me out Friday. Temp's been normal since Wednesday.
Pissed me off as I had several shoots planned involving using my "new" Leica IIIf. But, during that last week in March I did manage a couple of rolls in the IIIf. Darn things works just fine. As I had purchased just the body, I fitted my trusty C/V 35/2.5 in the first roll and, later, My Canon 50/1.8 for the second roll, and developed and printed them straight-away.
Good camera, great lenses. I say good rather than great because I'm not used as yet to the little rangefinder/viewfinder peepholes. From the Bessa R to the IIIf is indeed a step back in time, but it's fun trying to master what my predecessors apparently used so effortlessly.
Glad to be back with all of you,
Ted