Pymm
"Clacker"
Hi all, just want to take the oppotunity to introduce myself for this is the first "logged-in" visit to this website. I have browsed through before but not having a rangefinder didn't have any reason to mingle your affairs.
Things have changed... I hope for the better. I used to only shoot MidFormat, and only 6x6 and have been doing this for years, fully satisfactory by the way. But at the last octoberfest I realized that lugging these cameras about isn't the most easiest manner to combine enjoyment of the fest and the enjoyment of photography.
Hence, I needed something smaller, this is when I got introduced to this site, actually being drawn in by bessa rangefinder cameras, I read up on them, I read up on basically anything which is relatively easy to transport, anyway cutting a long story short I didn't want an SLR with a multitude of zooms and plastic, I wanted a rangefinder, this seemed the best follow up to Hassleblad and rolleiflexes which I currently use... and now I bought a mint Leica M6 TTL, serial number 27xxxxx, so with the .58 viewfinder (I ware glasses) a silver model in absolute mint condition, technically perfect (had it checked) and I also got the new Elmar 50mm 2.8 ... I simply love Tessar design lenses, it arrived today, havent used it yet, just fumbled it for the greater part of the day, anyway tomorrow I go into the mountains and test a couple of rolls and see how the camera reacts, how the lightmeter works and how my favorite film (tri-x) gets along with it. anyway hi to all of you ....
By the the cute chappy (avatar) is my 12 month old son .... cute like his daddy 🙂
Things have changed... I hope for the better. I used to only shoot MidFormat, and only 6x6 and have been doing this for years, fully satisfactory by the way. But at the last octoberfest I realized that lugging these cameras about isn't the most easiest manner to combine enjoyment of the fest and the enjoyment of photography.
Hence, I needed something smaller, this is when I got introduced to this site, actually being drawn in by bessa rangefinder cameras, I read up on them, I read up on basically anything which is relatively easy to transport, anyway cutting a long story short I didn't want an SLR with a multitude of zooms and plastic, I wanted a rangefinder, this seemed the best follow up to Hassleblad and rolleiflexes which I currently use... and now I bought a mint Leica M6 TTL, serial number 27xxxxx, so with the .58 viewfinder (I ware glasses) a silver model in absolute mint condition, technically perfect (had it checked) and I also got the new Elmar 50mm 2.8 ... I simply love Tessar design lenses, it arrived today, havent used it yet, just fumbled it for the greater part of the day, anyway tomorrow I go into the mountains and test a couple of rolls and see how the camera reacts, how the lightmeter works and how my favorite film (tri-x) gets along with it. anyway hi to all of you ....
By the the cute chappy (avatar) is my 12 month old son .... cute like his daddy 🙂
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