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THE CREME - DE - LA - CREME

By hobbo
One of my shooting buddies is an ex-pro, who takes time to teach me as much as he can, as an ex-Hassleblad man.

A couple of years ago, he switched from his pro-Nikon dslr to a used Leica Q .....a huge learning curve for him that has rubbed off on me, because I regularly use vintage lenses on my LUMIX GX 8 ....meaning that we are both focussing and shooting manualy.

Less than a month ago he treated himself to this, year old Leica M 10.....a very beautifully crafted bit of kit....heavy....yes! ..... But a pleasure to hold and to use.

I daren’t ask how much it or the lens cost.....but during his long lifetime of hard work he deserves it.

Hobbo

Tags: Cameras Still life

Voters: Drummerdelight, mrswoolybill, cats_123 and 27 more

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Uploaded:
3 Aug 2018 8:34AM
Camera:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8
Lens:
LUMIX 1.7-20
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cats_123 Plus
19 5.2k 31 Northern Ireland
3 Aug 2018 8:51AM
Looks well used Smile
hobbo Plus
12 1.8k 4 England
3 Aug 2018 9:08AM

Quote:Looks well used Smile


That is only a very old lens hood....plus a fairly old Summicron lens.....the camera body is just over a year old as far as I know.

Hobbo
kw 5 Germany
3 Aug 2018 9:26AM
Looks wunderful. Klaus
leo_nid 6 12
3 Aug 2018 9:27AM
“Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.”
~ Ernst Haas
HobbitDave Plus
14 10 10 England
3 Aug 2018 9:52AM
Zeiss Planar not Leica lens here, a great piece of kit. One up on the Olympus Trip 👍 Very nice.
richard44 8
3 Aug 2018 12:00PM
The camera does not alone make a great image the trick is seeing the image and the getting the camera to record it, having said that it must nice to buy into a legend
hobbo Plus
12 1.8k 4 England
3 Aug 2018 1:11PM

Quote:The camera does not alone make a great image the trick is seeing the image and the getting the camera to record it, having said that it must nice to buy into a legend


Mmmmmmm !

I agree .....

Also...... I could do a Journey in a MORRIS Minor.......but exactly the same journey in a Rolls Royce would much nicer

Hobbo
dimalexa 6 5 Greece
3 Aug 2018 2:50PM
I think that Planar maybe better than Tessar & Pancolar (I have them from EXAKTA time and I use them on Canon dslr), but the combination of Planar and a Leica digital body, I think is the "must have" of an "old style" photographer, Hobbo! But too expensive...
Dimitris
Chinga Plus
12 116 3 United Kingdom
3 Aug 2018 4:56PM
Those were the days... Excellent still life mono.
Isabel GrinGrin

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