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On 5/23/2019 at 6:42 AM, Peter Kilmister said:

Warrior is a magnificent 19th century steel-hulled, steam-driven ship. She was never used in battle. Mainly because nothing could compete with her. The first ship with moveable guns. She has been well preserved in the old dockyard at Portsmouth and well worth a visit.

It was not much after her being commissioned that the Royal Navy developed the rangefinder for targetting   their guns. That development of the range finder was begun by Admiral Dreyer. His son, Admiral Sir Desmond Dreyer, served as Gunnery Officer on the cruiser HMS Ajax at the Battle of the River Plate in the early days of the second world war when the battleship Graf Spee was scuttled in Montevideo harbour. Desmond Dreyer developed the rangefinder using analogue methods that led to the rangefinder we all use on Leica M cameras. Desmond was a lovely chap. He lived in Cheriton, Hampshire and I feel privileged to have known him and met him and his second wife, Jessica. His first wife predeceased his second marriage. Sir Desmond became Admiral of the Fleet Far East, then First Sea Lord  (the most senior position in the Admiralty) until he resigned in the late 1960s.

This is all from personal memory, not from Wiki stuff. His development of the use of rangefinders is important to the history of Leica M cameras. I just want to share it with you so it goes into the archives for historical records. One sad development was that German rangefinder copies were better refined than than the Royal Navy versions and installed in more modern ships. The battleship HMS Hood was lost due to this accuracy in a fleeting encounter with the Bismarck pocket battleship. However, the guns on the Bismarck had their rangefinders unable to target Swordfish torpedo bombers flying into the strong wind. The rest is history.

I hope you don't mind me sharing these memories. They are in honour of a dear old man who was so welcoming ... and also my love of M Cameras. The two are linked.

Thank you for that interesting gem 🙂

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Afternoon drinking session, Philippines 

(1969 35mm Summicron v1)

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Shot yesterday in Lambertville, NJ with my M10 and Summilux 35mm FLE.

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Bud James

Please check out my fine art and travel photography at www.budjames.photography or on Instagram at www.instagram.com/budjamesphoto.

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Swiss Alps in heavy rain with LeicaM10 and Aop Summicron 50 LHSA

I love this lens. In the original size you can see the droplets dripping from the roof

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War photography touches us deep inside our conscience not only because it has the power to make us feel accountable and acknowledge the full horror of war but also because it depicts human condition when violence prevails. Those of us lucky enough to have escaped such fate should give a sigh of gratitude that we were born when and where we were born.

Less compressed JPEGs here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-QrWJg7/

All with the 50 Noctilux at f/1.4 because I like to stop it down a bit.

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Less compressed JPEGs here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-QrWJg7/

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Less compressed JPEGs here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-QrWJg7/

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Less compressed JPEGs here: https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-QrWJg7/

With 50 Noctilux at f/1.4

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vor 30 Minuten schrieb bags27:

wonderful, esp. when less compressed. great composition, lighting, DoF, and wow, that lens....

Thank you for your kind comment. The 50 Noctilux is the most under appreciated lens. It’s like three lenses in one, a Noctilux, a Summilux, and a Summicron. 

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Girl Power

L1001480 by scott kirkpatrick, on Flickr M10-D, 24/2.8 asph

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Aurélie GANDIT Visite dansée du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon

M10 - Noctilux 0,95

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Hotel dining room, Hunstanton, Norfolk

M10 + 50mm Summilux-M 

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Workman, Tokyo

M10 + 90mm Summicron-M pre-ASPH

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'Maisy', Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk

M10 + 50mm Summilux-M

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Waiting for the slow coaches, London

M10 + 28mm Elmarit-M

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