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Harlequin565 said:
Considering you were using a rangefinder, that portrait is a beautiful image Bill.
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Thanks Ian, I really appreciate your comments

I have taken many many images of my children over the years and now my grand children, Thomas is the youngest - the modern Nikon AF lenses are very very good but they do produce a digital image and when I have given images to family members some prefer almost OOF images of their children - maybe it's because most young people now just see images on their phone and when they see a "proper" images they can be amazed - also especially with young women, digital is (sometimes/mostly) not that flattering as it can bring out too much detail.

The image of Thomas was just a quick one - I wanted a "soft focus" lens for images of my grand kids and this Canon lens will produce what I want, (I bought the lens a week or so ago)........... I've always had a soft spot for the Leica M8 ........ mine is in great condition and just hope it lasts

More and more I realise that for certain situations the MF Leica RF is the way to go and is just not comparable with say the Z9/D850 coupled with the f1.4 105mm Nikon which is also a lens that I really like.

Thanks again
 
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BillN_33 said:
It's an interesting lens Trevor - which I'll struggle with but LR helps - I find it has certain characteristics, (maybe negative) wide open, especially with colour, and is quite surprising - but it's what I wanted, (soft focus) - (sometimes I get what I never thought that I would get) - here's a couple of images wide open at f1.4, (focus is not easy, especially with moving kids!) - I never normally post images of my family but this is one of my grand kids - the Mini is to look at the colours, (I've played with the BG in LR), the focus was on the door mirror.
Not many shots to date - these are with my M8 for Thomas, just a quick shot inside with natural light, and the M240 for the green Mini

TP_Thomas.jpg


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Thanks Bill. I’m looking forward to shooting my Granddaughter with this lens. I’m loving the look. My favourite pictures of my now older grandsons are on film with Leica M4-P and 50mm Elmarit.
 
Jammy Dodger said:
@Harlequin565 - was it a piece of film jammed in the shutter of your MP?
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Yes (jammed in the shutter release part of the mechanism, not the shutter itself). The guy knew within about ten seconds of me explaining the problem. "Do you bulk roll your own film?" Yes. "Ah..." followed by a knowing look.

Since had to order a 3D printed template for cutting film leaders to avoid it happening again. Although I doubt I'll put hand rolled stuff through the MP in future. It was an expensive lesson!
 
A few months ago I backed a Crowdfunder for a book "A Time - A Place", a book right up my street combining my main 3 hobbies, Architecture, Classic Cars and Photography. This book takes the European Car of the Year for each year between 1964 and 1982 (this is volume 1) and places it outsoide a building built in that year. The book arrived in the post a couple of weeks ago, and very nice it is too :) . Last night was the official book launch at Salford University, so which 3 of the featured cars attended, the Leica Q3 rolled into action.......

Book here :- https://the-modernist.org/collections/books/products/a-time-a-place


A Time - A Place - 1 by David Yeoman, on Flickr


A Time - A Place - 2 by David Yeoman, on Flickr


A Time - A Place - 3 by David Yeoman, on Flickr


A Time - A Place - 4 by David Yeoman, on Flickr


A Time - A Place - 5 by David Yeoman, on Flickr


A Time - A Place - 6 by David Yeoman, on Flickr
 
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Mr Perceptive said:
And some for @LeeRatters its not his generation Escort but a piece of motoring history all the same!


A Time - A Place - 7 by David Yeoman, on Flickr


A Time - A Place - 8 by David Yeoman, on Flickr


A Time - A Place - 9 by David Yeoman, on Flickr


A Time - A Place - 10 by David Yeoman, on Flickr
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I had a Mk1 Orion 1.6 Ghia in black, on a B reg :) And afterwards a later XR3i on an F reg.

That is lovely though. And to think how rare those cloverleaf alloys are now when at the time people used to throw them away for RS Turbo wheels..... I had Cosworth 15" alloys on mine.
 
The closest you'll get to vertigo whilst being safely on the ground - looking up at 3 of the towers of the new Deansgate Square Complex in Manchester. As security politely informed me (after taking this picture), its private land and camera photography is not allowed, but phone photography is ok, I claimed that the Q3 was just a compact P&S but it didn't wash :ROFLMAO:
The tallest tower is the tallest building outside of London at 201m (658ft) and has 65 floors, a 3 bed corner apartment will set you back about £4K a month.


Deansgate Square, Manchester by David Yeoman, on Flickr
 
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BillN_33 said:
50mm Chinese M Lens

Cheap - well by Leica standards - say under £500 - f/2 and less non-Leica M lenses - has anyone tried these, especially the ones now coming out of China?
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If you mean 7artisans stuff - yes I've used on the m240/m10 and now sony 7rm5
the 50mm f1.1 is a little too soft at f1.1... might have an album in the links below.

Currently shooting with an 18mm pancake, no focus, fixed aperture ufo 7artisans lens. very cheap but surprisingly good (I think).
 
ecniv said:
If you mean 7artisans stuff - yes I've used on the m240/m10 and now sony 7rm5
the 50mm f1.1 is a little too soft at f1.1... might have an album in the links below.

Currently shooting with an 18mm pancake, no focus, fixed aperture ufo 7artisans lens. very cheap but surprisingly good (I think).
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Thanks

I bought the Canon 50mm f1.4 LTM - I'm very pleased with the lens - 50mm of my M240 and 63mm on my M8 - I'm happy with the 10mbte files sizes of the M8. always have been ....... the M8 and the M240 are "different" cameras - each to his own, both have there strengths

maybe I'll go for a Simera 28mm to compare with my Leica 28mm and my Zeiss ZM 28mm ........ just as an interesting exercise
 
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BillN_33 said:
50mm Chinese M Lens

Cheap - well by Leica standards - say under £500 - f/2 and less non-Leica M lenses - has anyone tried these, especially the ones now coming out of China?
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I've just picked up the Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 and it's VERY good. A little more than £500 but the build quality, sharpness wide open and falloff are lovely.
 
Downhill Specialist said:
I've just picked up the Voigtlander 50mm f/1.2 and it's VERY good. A little more than £500 but the build quality, sharpness wide open and falloff are lovely.
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Also - the quality of Chinese made lenses is just getting better and better, I have a couple of Laowa MF lenses, Nikon F fit, and they are really good - I also had their insane 25mm ultra macro lens - could never get a good shot from it, just did not have the skill, so I sold it.

Pity they do not make "M" mount lenses
 
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