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The RAF at Brooklands with the 50mm Elmar M


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Posting these to tie in with the thread in praise of this remarkable little lens: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m9-forum/243090-praise-elmar-m-50mm-f2-8-a.html#post2102393

 

Taken with my MP4 at a recent event at Brooklands Museum in Weybridge:

 

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Bill

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Bill, Thanks for posting these shots. They touched me with a bit of nostalgia. My brother was a B-17 crewman in WWII (stationed at Norwich, as I recall). I had a career in the USAF, including 2 NATO tours serving alongside RAF colleagues (among other nationalities, of course). I've put Brooklands on my list of places to visit in the UK.

 

And I agree about the lens. I used my M7 + 50 Elmar many times. Quick, nice handling, intuitive to use. My favorite setup for street shooting.

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Thank you all.

 

Brooklands is one of my favourite places; it was the site of the Vickers Armstrong factory during the war. My Grandfather was Chief Maintenance Electrician there. I used to relish his stories when I was a child.

 

One more - they do these things extremely well. Every so often they did actually ring a bell and do a dummy "Scramble!!" - very evocative...

 

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I can't post any more here but if you want to see some taken with other kit, have a look here:

Brooklands Museum, 1940s Revisited May 2012 - a set on Flickr

 

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Bill

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Terrific pics, and great support for the Elmar-M thread indeed. Superia 400 was one of my favourites for years, but I never would have picked these as that film. I must go and give the Superia a run in conjunction with my Elmar.

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