Every year I do a calendar for myself using my images. This is a selection of photos I took recently for my personal calendar for 2013. All the photos are of antique Leica cameras in period still life situations.
I put two versions of the calendar on LULU.COM. If anyone loves Leica cameras as much as I do and wants a copy or just wants to check it out, you can access it here: ANTIQUE LEICA 2013 CALENDAR.
I still shoot film with some of these cameras today.
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| Leica IIIf - c1954, with complete Leica case of lenses and accessories |
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| Leica IIIb - c1938 with 8.5cm f/1.5 Summarex lens |
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| Leica IIIf - c1952 with a 20cm Telyt lens and Visoflex I viewer, shown here with a Weston Master III light meter of the same period. |
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| Leica I (c1930) with Ur-Leica photo by Oscar Barnak using the first Leica prototype in 1913. |
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| Lecia M4 (c1968) - My favorite film Leica, and the one I use today when I want to do some serious black and white film photography. |
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| Leica III - c1937 with the special 9cm Thambar lens and soft focus filter. |
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| Leica IIIc - c1944 |
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| Leica III - c1938, one of my favorites. It currently sits on my desk loaded with film and ready to shoot. |
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| Leica Standard - c1932 |
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| Leica M2 with dual-range Summicron c1959. This was the first Leica camera I used professionally. |
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| Leica IIIg - c1957 |
The screw-mount LEICA IIIf is significantly smaller and lighter than any Leica M camera. It's so light that I often forget it's with me.
ReplyDeleteThe LEICA IIIf is often quieter than LEICA M cameras, so in other words, it does what they do best, but even better. It is many times quieter than the noisy digital LEICA M9.
The IIIf weighs only two-thirds as much as a typical LEICA M. It weighs only half as much as most DSLRs, and less than one-third what a pro DSLR weighs, and delivers better image quality.
It is the same shape as LEICA M cameras, but is it slightly smaller in every dimension. LEICA M cameras are bigger than screw-mount cameras, and digital M cameras have gotten even slightly bigger.
The LEICA IIIf is an excellent sixty-year old camera. It sold for the equivalent of $3,500 in its day.
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