Leica M-D: Pure for the sake of . . . purity?

I prefer to get close with a ZM 35 and sweet nothings—

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This was a lonely emu outside of Ferndale, just before we left California.
 
Ha good one.

Oh I'll use all kinds of stuff -- I just got the 400 for a bit of fun, plus I'm feeling a bit sorry for all these neglected Visoflex lenses. Seems to work pretty well!
 
I thought I was going to have a real time of it working with this 'ancient' telephoto lens system, but....


Yellow Finch 2019
by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Yellow Finch Crop
by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


Grey Owl Moth
by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

Works great! I wish I had the shoulder stock to add stability, but I can't seem to track the right one down at the moment (it's the one for the Televit). However, seeing the results that I can get with the 400mm f/5.6 Telyt makes me want to get the 560 f/5.6 Telyt.

The big help with this setup is the Camcraft Z-Housing with the fixed Pellix mirror -- I'm sure I'd had a tougher time of it with a standard Visoflex III with the moving mirror and the release arm. Plus the Televit focusing system is pretty quick to work with -- you push the button on the front of the pistol grip and then you can slide the focus mechanism back and forth (trombone stye) until you get a 'rough' focus, then you use the large thumbwheel on the right side of the pistol grip to fine focus. Truthfully if I used my 80-200 f/2.8 on my D4, it wouldn't be a heck of a lot faster.
 
One of these nights I will— they’re usually at night. The tent in this one (only images I made of it were with the T/23) was pretty small, for 30-40 people. I think this one was aimed at dragracers and their crews (separate raceway); there were several RVs parked near the dragstrip.

August is the month for church camps and tent revivals. I’ll be watching the telephone pole posts...
 
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