Amor - off duty

[silverbullet]

My new Zeiss ZM with 50mm Planar in Nantes, France
The dude in the window - it's me...... :roll:

 

[dearxh]

Interesting! The Angle is calling her!

 

[thelps]

A clever juxtaposition. I've always wanted a ZM 50mm - its rendering and sharpness is awesome. What body do you have it on?

 

[silverbullet]

Hi Tim,

it's the rangefinder Zeiss Ikon, the poor man's Leica M7...... :lol:
Together with my Bessa R4A (wide angle finder) they have all exposure controls at the same place and in the same layout except film rewinding.
For me as a glass wearer the ZI has an amazing viewfinder. Sold my black Leica MP.....no regrets.......
Cheers
Bernd

 

[thelps]

I sold my silver MP, I liked it but as much as I try, I could never quite operate it fast enough. Also for the size, price and weight it was not quite worth the IQ IMHO. A nice camera for sure but too much $ value tied up in one. An interesting point is that even though I had the camera a couple of years, I sold it and the 50mm cron for as much as I paid for it - it cost me nothing to own it over that time.

 

[silverbullet]

In Düsseldorf/Germany my dealer has two MP in silver. One naked and one equipped with a silver 50mm Summicron, very sexy both. The speed was not the problem. I never got this special 'feeling' to own a Leica....but thanks to the M6, M7 and finally the MP my restart of my B/W photography made a lot of fun. The first M6 I bought just for training rangefinder photography in 2006 to see whether a M8 would be convienient for me. The rangefinder works well but the M8 in my eyes is a small lemon......

Here one of my very rarely silver printed old pics of 1972 together with the 'Black Beauty', the MP with a Black Paint Summilux:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36573929@N00/3837888398/

Cheers
Bernd