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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 7/6/2021: testing my new Rolleiflex
From: mlgardner96 at mac.com (Michael Gardner)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2021 22:16:37 -0400
References: <CAH1UNJ0jqpdtsJE=PdO1kN2AoDYTvyuDTLzVbFLvT1niRZ4f_w@mail.gmail.com>

I've always regretted selling my TLR. Now I am reminded why. Excellent 
images!
Michael Gardner

Sent from an iPad 

> On Jun 8, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> ?It really is one of the perfect portrait cameras.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
>> On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 1:59 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> ?New? is a relative term, this camera was made roughly around the time I
>> was born. But it is in beautiful condition, and it was thrill to have a 
>> TLR
>> again after many years, when it arrived in my office a couple of weeks 
>> ago.
>> Yesterday I received back from the lab my two test rolls, and here are
>> three images from the first of those rolls.
>> 
>> Rainy square in the centre of Alicante:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xNm4W5b/A
>> 
>> My favourite test subject, Eri, in ugly light:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-g89btKT/A
>> 
>> Eri again, in better light, and this is the pose she herself liked best:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-p6MBnNz/A
>> 
>> I very much enjoy this camera. I have picked up a couple of filters for
>> it, now I may get a better focusing screen, although my hit rate with the
>> standard screen is pretty good.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> 
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
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>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right"
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