andym911 Posted July 8, 2007 Share #1 Posted July 8, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Today, for the first time in a while I took my M6 out, loaded up with Delta and took a roll of snaps.Developed and scanned a few in the afternoon and made one or two prints. After using the M8 almost exclusively recently I cannot tell you how good it felt. Taking nothing away from the M8 at all, but to have that small, heavy and incredibly solid camera in my hands, I almost felt like I rediscovered it, even though its only been a couple of months. The shutter, the film loading, the smallness of it, the no immediate feedback, was really refreshing, I can honestly say it was exciting. this is just a reminder to you all whose film M's are sitting in a drawer seeing nothing but darkenss, take em out and take em for a ride..they will thank you for it! cheers andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Hi andym911, Take a look here M8 & M6. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
mikeadams Posted July 8, 2007 Share #2 Posted July 8, 2007 I agree. My M7 (a la carte version with .58 finder) is the best film camera I never use!! Mike http://www.trft.org/MikesPhotos/mike2.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted July 9, 2007 Share #3 Posted July 9, 2007 yea the IIIF works wonders.. just ask Mick http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/barnacks-bar/28818-less-than-two-weeks.html#post301641 just ask Raeles:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakley Posted July 9, 2007 Share #4 Posted July 9, 2007 Completely agree. Took my M2 with 40/2 M-Rokkor to the 4th of July Parade with no meter in a deluge and got lots of good shots, including this one.... It's on XP2, developed & scanned by Wolf Camera because I'm lazy. I think 1/60@f/2, focused & shot one-handed because the other hand was holding the umbrella, and metered by eye. It was a pleasure to take the M2 around the track again after a month or two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticman Posted July 9, 2007 Share #5 Posted July 9, 2007 Bob - that's an awesome shot! I particularly love the way the smiley on the ball exactly mirrors the girl's own expression! Wonderful! Right now I'm experimenting with waiting a longer time to get my rolls developed: I found when shooting digital that at times I'd find a particular thing that 'worked' and then I'd repeat myself until it either wore off or I got bored by it. I guess this is the opposite of accelerated learning, but on the other hand I'm freeing-up my creativity a little - plus the excitement of seeing images for the first time when they're already 2 or even 3 months old is something I'd totally forgotten! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
erl Posted July 9, 2007 Share #6 Posted July 9, 2007 I'm about to take on a student. She has bought an M7 and wants to learn analog darkroom skills. This means I need to clean out the darkroom and find my M6's & 7's and go practice. Wow! What it takes to motivate some people. I'm all excited about my 'real' cameras again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym911 Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted July 9, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks for all the postings on the thread. I was thinking about this a bit more last night and to be a bit more specific, and to stay with the M8 on topic here a few afterthoughts. Due to using the M8 I have immersed myself much more into the post processing part of the workflow from capture to print. If you like I have had an accelerated course on "Digital Developing" and I now feel much more capable than just a few months ago at getting the results I want (even if they remain mediocre by some of the posters standards here), from either Digital or Film. By doing the M8 thing I can now even appreciate even better how Analog and Digital can be used in parallel depending on the subject, mood, time available and lots of other variables. It has been and is contnuing to be a great learning using the M8, and the fact that I can simply switch lenses over to the M6 if the mood takes, me has just sort of kicked in. cheers andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothy Posted July 9, 2007 Share #8 Posted July 9, 2007 Bob - that's an awesome shot! I particularly love the way the smiley on the ball exactly mirrors the girl's own expression! Wonderful! Bob, I agree with Mani that this is a noteworthy capture. All three faces feature asymmetrical expressions. It's subtle but significant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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