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Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 2 Days Ago
Replies: 9
Views: 255
Posted By Biggles
Had a similar problem very recently with my Zeiss...

Had a similar problem very recently with my Zeiss Ikon ZM. Turning the lens barrel wasn't moving the rangefinder patch at all. Popped the lens off, prodded the cam roller arm a bit with my...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 2 Days Ago
Replies: 4,082
Views: 647,216
Posted By Biggles
Oh, missus hill...this is just smashing. (Is...

Oh, missus hill...this is just smashing.

(Is that the Metro-North train?)
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 1 Week Ago
Replies: 8
Views: 1,194
Posted By Biggles
I've been using the 40mm Summicron-C for eight...

I've been using the 40mm Summicron-C for eight years. Adore it. Crisp, contrasty, flare-resistant, makes mostly nice bokeh; small, low in profile, light in weight, pocketable. Doesn't make my...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 1 Week Ago
Replies: 41
Views: 3,380
Posted By Biggles
@mfogiel: Good glass. Great pictures!

@mfogiel: Good glass. Great pictures!
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 34
Views: 836
Posted By Biggles
I shoot black & white film for 99% of my...

I shoot black & white film for 99% of my recreational photography, because I find I'm naturally drawn to shape and line. And, I like the inherent potential starkness of black & white pictures. ...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 21
Views: 595
Posted By Biggles
Did you check the serial numbers to ensure camera...

Did you check the serial numbers to ensure camera #1 isn't just camera #4, recycled through their repair department and then returned to the shelf? You did, of course, but it has to be asked.
Forum: Other RF 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 25
Views: 625
Posted By Biggles
Ah! Gotcha. Here's what I'm using behind the...

Ah! Gotcha.

Here's what I'm using behind the Color-Skopar:

http://imageshack.us/a/img600/71/cs1p.jpg

MS Optical MS-Pro Prominent-to-M39 adapter, and a 50mm M39-to-M adapter. The MS Optical...
Forum: Other RF 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 25
Views: 625
Posted By Biggles
Sell me your $212 Nokton at cost. I've already...

Sell me your $212 Nokton at cost. I've already got the right set of adapters. Willing to take a chance, at that price.
Forum: Other RF 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 25
Views: 625
Posted By Biggles
http://imageshack.us/a/img38/9764/cs2nx.jpg http:...

http://imageshack.us/a/img38/9764/cs2nx.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img21/9686/cs3eo.jpg

@S.H.: 50mm Color-Skopar outside diameter and 45mm hood outside diameter of threads pictured; 1.852 inches...
Forum: Other RF 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 25
Views: 625
Posted By Biggles
Will measure and post this evening. Meanwhile,...

Will measure and post this evening. Meanwhile, check PM.
Forum: Other RF 2 Weeks Ago
Replies: 25
Views: 625
Posted By Biggles
I recently encountered the same problem when I...

I recently encountered the same problem when I used a stack of adapters to put my family heirloom Prominent 50/3.5 Color-Skopar on my Zeiss Ikon ZM. Solved it with a 45mm threaded round hood found...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 30
Views: 924
Posted By Biggles
This makes me happy.

This makes me happy.
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 24
Views: 739
Posted By Biggles
One used to be able to buy self-adhesive stick-on...

One used to be able to buy self-adhesive stick-on frames the size of a film boxtop, two or three to a pack. Peel off the backing, and place on camera back. Voila.

Llkely still to be found new old...
Forum: Zeiss Ikon ZM 4 Weeks Ago
Replies: 10
Views: 474
Posted By Biggles
Mr. Hicks is dead nuts on. I regularly find...

Mr. Hicks is dead nuts on. I regularly find myself hunting around in the viewfinder for the meter numbers- on those odd occasions I have the thing set to Manual. In daylight, I leave it on Auto...
Forum: RFF Polls 04-10-2013
Replies: 56
Views: 1,969
Posted By Biggles
Instructions? Priceless. They help one break...

Instructions? Priceless. They help one break one's camera properly. Also useful for selecting correct batteries, and for the system charts and filter size info and suchlike they often contain. ...
Forum: W/NW Words no Words. 04-08-2013
Replies: 2,232
Views: 180,077
Posted By Biggles
Bryant Park, New York City. 40mm Summicron +...

Bryant Park, New York City. 40mm Summicron + Neopan 1600 + Zeiss Ikon ZM.

http://imageshack.us/a/img39/1143/bryantparky.jpg
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 03-27-2013
Replies: 16
Views: 505
Posted By Biggles
It just so...

It just so happens...

http://imageshack.us/a/img94/875/snowdrops.jpg

This was either f/5.6 or f/8.

I find this lens has pretty reliable, non-crashy bokeh at all apertures. It tends to render...
Forum: Leica M -- Leica CL 03-26-2013
Replies: 32
Views: 1,327
Posted By Biggles
Koudelka and Salgado were, clearly, iron-pumping...

Koudelka and Salgado were, clearly, iron-pumping masochists. And there's a first time for everything.
Forum: Leica M -- Leica CL 03-26-2013
Replies: 32
Views: 1,327
Posted By Biggles
Small and metered + M-mount are actually why I...

Small and metered + M-mount are actually why I like the damned things. The full-sized M-series bodies feel like chunks of pig iron in my hand, by comparision. No pressing desire to ever carry one.
Forum: Optics and Lenses - 03-25-2013
Replies: 158
Views: 20,732
Posted By Biggles
40mm Summicron-C, Neopan...

40mm Summicron-C, Neopan 1600.

http://imageshack.us/a/img94/875/snowdrops.jpg
Forum: Leica M -- Leica CL 03-25-2013
Replies: 32
Views: 1,327
Posted By Biggles
At that price, arguably worth it just for the...

At that price, arguably worth it just for the lens. It's my favorite piece of glass.

http://imageshack.us/a/img94/875/snowdrops.jpg
Forum: Making Photo Bucks $$$ 03-25-2013
Replies: 65
Views: 2,269
Posted By Biggles
This. Exactly.

This. Exactly.
Forum: Photography General Interest 03-25-2013
Replies: 28
Views: 1,006
Posted By Biggles
Single most frustrating difference for me is...

Single most frustrating difference for me is their new maximum 1024-pixel size for hotlinked photos. That alone's going to stop me using it. Because, with the size of screens these days, I feel...
Forum: Film / Developing / Chemistry 03-24-2013
Replies: 154
Views: 6,598
Posted By Biggles
And I've never tried it. Just bought my first...

And I've never tried it. Just bought my first two rolls of it yesterday, because of this thread.
Forum: Leica M -- Leica CL 03-24-2013
Replies: 32
Views: 1,327
Posted By Biggles
Agree completely. It's like wearing pants with...

Agree completely. It's like wearing pants with the pockets sewn shut.

I've had Sherry fix a few CLs for me, including at least two that needed meter work. She once told me that the circuit board...
Forum: RFF Photo Projects 03-23-2013
Replies: 115
Views: 5,267
Posted By Biggles
I only have two 50s. One's a V2 Summilux. The...

I only have two 50s. One's a V2 Summilux. The other, which took the pictures below, almost never comes up in conversation...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 03-21-2013
Replies: 44
Views: 1,758
Posted By Biggles
That looks like a very competent, even-handed...

That looks like a very competent, even-handed lens, in a very modern sort of way.
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 03-21-2013
Replies: 222
Views: 17,868
Posted By Biggles
All the time. Was never a problem when I used...

All the time. Was never a problem when I used Olympus OMs. 40mm Summicron and 50mm Summilux have so far proven watertight, thank Odin, but my CL and Zeiss Ikon ZM viewfinders always fog up badly. ...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 03-21-2013
Replies: 20
Views: 592
Posted By Biggles
This, exactly.

This, exactly.
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 03-17-2013
Replies: 27
Views: 1,386
Posted By Biggles
I, too, came to Leica M-mounts after years of...

I, too, came to Leica M-mounts after years of happy OM and Mamiya 645 use. No regrets. You're starting out with very, very good glass, the 50mm Summicron being a totemic Leitz lens, perhaps the...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 03-05-2013
Replies: 14
Views: 465
Posted By Biggles
You've got a Version 2, circa 1972. An excellent...

You've got a Version 2, circa 1972. An excellent and frightening piece of glass. Price is hard to compute accurately without a full description and photos (presume yours is black), but a clean...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 03-05-2013
Replies: 6
Views: 514
Posted By Biggles
↑ That's a kind thing to do, and a nice thing to...

↑

That's a kind thing to do, and a nice thing to see.
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 03-04-2013
Replies: 18
Views: 823
Posted By Biggles
Have been shooting night street with 1600-speed...

Have been shooting night street with 1600-speed film with f2@1/60th as my Hail Mary setting for a long while. Very rarely lose anything to underexposure in normal streetlighting. It's my knee-jerk...
Forum: Photography General Interest 02-27-2013
Replies: 23
Views: 1,719
Posted By Biggles
Who do I have to (insert violent, vulgar, or...

Who do I have to (insert violent, vulgar, or politically-incorrect verb here) for that to happen?
Forum: Optics and Lenses - 02-23-2013
Replies: 1,748
Views: 514,320
Posted By Biggles
Early 1950s Voigtlander Prominent-mount 50mm...

Early 1950s Voigtlander Prominent-mount 50mm f/3.5 Color-Skopar. Fifteen-bladed iris. Deliberate bokeh test photo.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/bokehtest_zpsb1e2bfd2.jpg
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 02-22-2013
Replies: 74
Views: 4,284
Posted By Biggles
In my case? Because M-mount glass. Because...

In my case?

Because M-mount glass.

Because M-mount glass + traditional silver film = distinctive pictures I like the look of.

Because a digital black & white camera that takes M-mount glass costs...
Forum: Micl Photo Acc / Bags/ Meters / Tripods etc 02-20-2013
Replies: 4
Views: 269
Posted By Biggles
How about a twenty-footer? Search eBay for "air...

How about a twenty-footer? Search eBay for "air shutter release." I've been using something very like eBay item 300832770956 for twenty years with no problems. And you can cut it shorter, if you...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 02-17-2013
Replies: 4,082
Views: 647,216
Posted By Biggles
She's lookin' at this...

She's lookin' at this guy:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/Den%20Haag/theoldmanandthetram-denhaag.jpg
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 02-14-2013
Replies: 4,082
Views: 647,216
Posted By Biggles
Still the best thread on the internet.

Still the best thread on the internet.
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 02-14-2013
Replies: 38
Views: 1,929
Posted By Biggles
All M-mount, yes, that makes sense, but all the...

All M-mount, yes, that makes sense, but all the same filter size? Not even in the top ten criteria I'd use for lens selection. I'd put size, weight, price, optical quality, and even snob appeal...
Forum: RFF News 02-14-2013
Replies: 61
Views: 2,892
Posted By Biggles
Superb picture.

Superb picture.
Forum: Off Topic 02-14-2013
Replies: 50
Views: 3,543
Posted By Biggles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/POD...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/POD.jpg
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 02-14-2013
Replies: 38
Views: 1,929
Posted By Biggles
Definitely recommend contacting Gerry Smith at...

Definitely recommend contacting Gerry Smith at Kindermann before sending it out of the country. The hidden costs of re-importing a repaired camera can be surprising, if the foreign sender doesn't...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 02-11-2013
Replies: 24
Views: 742
Posted By Biggles
My first thought was, "lens hood." Which...

My first thought was, "lens hood." Which admittedly has nothing to do with the acquisition of a body, but it's the first thing I'd buy with loose "accessory money", presuming I didn't already have...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 02-06-2013
Replies: 54
Views: 1,869
Posted By Biggles
The ability to use Leica glass. I prefer it to...

The ability to use Leica glass. I prefer it to anything else I've used.

It's very much a blondes vs brunettes thing, though. Your mileage may vary.
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 02-04-2013
Replies: 52
Views: 1,184
Posted By Biggles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/whi...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/whitegirl.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/bronzeapple.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/antiqueshop.jpg

http://img...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 02-04-2013
Replies: 52
Views: 1,184
Posted By Biggles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/sub...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/subwayjapanese.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/sno-way.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Seaslug/cream.jpg

http://img.phot...
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 01-30-2013
Replies: 9
Views: 485
Posted By Biggles
I've owned and used both those exact versions,...

I've owned and used both those exact versions, and still have the Summilux. The Summicron is far, far crunchier- someone here memorably described its rendering as "relentless." The Summilux is...
Forum: Rangefinder Photography Discussion 01-26-2013
Replies: 66
Views: 2,333
Posted By Biggles
I haven't developed a single roll of film since I...

I haven't developed a single roll of film since I got back into film around 2005. Would rather do my own dentistry.
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 01-25-2013
Replies: 4,082
Views: 647,216
Posted By Biggles
This one hasn't stopped making me smile.

This one hasn't stopped making me smile.
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