Kiss on Fifth Avenue
This almost looks setup. Flags. Parade. Kiss. But it wasn't. If it had been I would have had the people around the couple doing something interesting. And oh, the lighting is the usual St. Patrick's Day harsh light in New York - with the sun shooting up 5th Avenue and the crowd in shadow. And me without my lens hood yet for the new lens. O my God - just realized - how much will a Leica hood cost for this thing?
Wolf (St. Patty's Day)
I like the wolf kid. I just crammed up against the fence and waited for different people to contrast with the wolf kid. The 35mm just wants two things in the frame. It begs for two. The 50mm lens wants one. The 21mm wants it all baby.
Father & Sons
But don't tell anyone - I began to adore the old-time Summicron lens with its heavy lidded goggles. I began to feel like the old timer wandering through foreign streets with the single best formation of metal and gears in the world. I did. Now, I'm not saying that this was as bad as a Lenny Dykstra who still slept with his bat (so he tells us) when he made it to the bigs - but I like having the M3 near my bed. Maybe the end of the world will happen and by God - I'll be ready! I know how everyone else will be ready - with prayers - and living right - but I'll have my circa 1965 image grabbing Leitz lens - on its M3 launching platform locked and loaded. That's right - don't forget - this summicron 35mm has an actual infinity lock.
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These are with the new old 35mm. More to follow.
The 35mm summicron didn't come with a lens hood. So if you follow this blog, you will find out whether I've become a complete Leica nut and get a $65 Leica lens hood; or get a 39mm facscimile for $5 on ebay.
Parts for the Rollei such as the hood, and the original strap are greatly sought after.
Might explain why I didn't have lens hood for my Rolleis.
I don't remember what I paid for an original strap - but it was a lot. The way that the strap fit into the holding pins on the camera was ingenious and worth the price if you had lots of money to toss away.
Craig. I like XP2. You may have been lucky. I had many problems with the local mini-labs SCRATCHING my film. I used three different labs. Frohms (sp?) on 86th street was the worst as the girl had the film hanging in one strip (I didn't want it cut since my theory was that they would scratch it more during the cutting and they could only cut 5 neg. strips) - when I asked for my film she reached for it as it was hanging and - oops - butterfingers - promptly dropped the roll on the floor and then - stepped on it. Oops.
And that's while I was standing there.
Had okay experience with two other local labs. But to get scratch free you need a dip and dunk lab. And for me that means going downtown. More of a pain than just souping it myself.
Hi Dave,
Re: hoods, I just bought two (for my 50 Summicron and 90 TE) from eBay seller Heavy2Stars. Inexpensive and very nice build quality. (I'm not affiliated, other than being a satisfied customer.)
Enjoy the new 35.
Mitch
Thanks for the recommendation Mitch. I just ordered a new metal vented 39mm lens hood for $16 from Heavy2Stars.
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