Leica LTM Pre-war Leica glass, show your photos

Leica M39 screw mount bodies/lenses
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Leitz 5cm f/1.5 Xenon on Leica M-E.
 
Experiment with Summarit f/2 wide open

Experiment with Summarit f/2 wide open

Summarit (1941) at f/2. Somewhat amazed at rendering of in focus and out of focus areas.
1941 by bc50099, on Flickr
 
I like these pictures on several levels.
Both my parents served, my Mom in England (plotter with Army Air Corps) and my Dad (Signal Corps - Pacific)
I know these are re-inactments. I am not looking for blood, sweat & tears, but it helps remember what war is.
It is also gorgeous photography.[/quote]
 
davidnewtonguitars said:
Both my parents served, my Mom in England (plotter with Army Air Corps) and my Dad (Signal Corps - Pacific)
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I only got interested in my grandfather's time in the Dutch army two years ago. By accident really. A friend working in the Dutch Army asked if I knew anyone who served during the Mobilization and the German invasion in May 1940, as he is working to get forgotten medals out to veterans or their family.
I still don't know what happened to him specifically, but mainly what his battalion did when the War came.
Turns out he was still due his Mobilization War Cross, and I was honored to I receive it on his behalf out of the hands of the Commander of the Dutch Army during the remembrance ceremony at Ypenburg in May last year.

Grandad in April 1939

I know these are re-inactments. I am not looking for blood, sweat & tears, but it helps remember what war is.
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That is why I do it. If the public takes something away from what I show or tell them, that makes me happy.
"Lest we forget"

Also, these tours are the closest thing to experiencing what those men went through 72 years ago, except that nobody is shooting at you ;)

It is also gorgeous photography.
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Thanks,
Personally I'm a little disappointed in the sharpness of some of my shots, either through reflection in the lens, motion blur/camera shake or just bad focussing.





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50cm f/2.5 Hektor, fomapan 100
 
Hi Rick,
I agree about the sharpness (lack of).
I suggest you send a single 36 exp cassette to a good quality lab to have the film developed and put on CD.
I use iPhoto on my macbook for working with the image. Usually all I do is go into Edit and press Enhance. That increases the contrast and balances the colour.

Try one cassette and see how you go.

David
 
Aaw, shucks.

Compared to what some of the other good folk here have posted, I feel I'm just a professional amateur. ;)
 
David Hughes said:
Hi,

Luckily for us they are cheap nowadays and there are experts to repair them and so on but in the late 70's they cost a few pennies short of fifty quid and that's about 260 quid in today's money.

Regards, David
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I have four or five at any one time. I learned on my first, but they really are easy to work on. Good to give to friends.

The camera is:
Fantastic design - a classic.
Built to last, but quite rough inside.
Endowed with a really sharp lens.

You can still pick them up for a tenner :) .

Regards,

(another) David
 
scigeek said:
I have four or five at any one time. I learned on my first, but they really are easy to work on. Good to give to friends.

The camera is:
Fantastic design - a classic.
Built to last, but quite rough inside.
Endowed with a really sharp lens.

You can still pick them up for a tenner :) .

Regards,

(another) David
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Hi,

I couldn't agree more and we don't have the battery problem of tracing mercury substitutes and all those problems. I just finished a roll in one of mine yesterday.

Regards, David
 
I think I have at least two or three Trip 35s lying around, haven't paid more than 2€ for any of them.
And yes, I've given one to a friend as well.

Haven't used one recently. Too many cameras. Not enough time to shoot them all.
 
Yes, they're Fly Agarics. Now that autumn is here they're popping up like crazy across the street from my house.
 
More Hektor stuff.

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Taken during 'Timberwolf Tracks'

Memorial Walk for the 104th US Infantry Division who liberated the Achtmaal/Zundert area in October 1944.
 
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