Love this! cheers, Christine
> On Jul 2, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Leica SL and the Leica M-D are the antipodes of the digital camera world. > I've had the SL since last November. It is the most excellent full-feature, > incredibly versatile, modern camera I've used to date, and replaces nearly > everything in my camera closet. > > The Leica M-D, by contrast, has and does little other than what a 1980s Leica > M6 or Nikon FE2 does. No LCD, no options, no AF, no video, no AutoISO, no > JPEG files. Just focus, shutter speed, aperture, ISO setting, and shutter > release. It has a button you press to find out how much room you have left on > the card and how much battery you have left. It has a self timer. You can set > the date and time which is recorded in your exposures, you can install a > firmware update. It stores raw files on the storage card. That's it. It's > "the other camera" I've wanted for the past decade and a half. I bought one. > > I updated the firmware, fitted a neck strap, fitted the Summilux 35 v2. > Twisted the focusing ring to minimum, set the lens to f/2, the shutter dial > to auto, and set the self timer on. Plunked it onto the bookcase shelf and > pressed the button. > > https://flic.kr/p/JhRu8d > > First official photo out of the M-D typ 262. My apologies about the subject. > The firmware update evidently reset the camera because the file is numbered > 0001. A fitting starting point, I guess. > > I dumped the M4-2 and all its bits out of my Tenba DNA 8 and stuck the M-D as > accoutered, and the Summarit-M 75mm f/2.4, in the bag. > Time to go for my walk. > > G > — > The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
