kevinparis
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Took delivery of a Leitz Minolta CL this morning - seems to be be working fine apart from the plastic in front of of the viewfinder has been cracked. Rangefinder seems bright and clear - and the meter works - once i had found out how to switch it.
A 35mm summilux was handed to me from my other halfs 'leitz box', I loaded up some HP5 and stepped out into the sunshine to try it out. It certainly feels nice in the hand - though getting used to aperture and focus rings being the wrong way round and stopping oneself from 'chimping'
Developed the film this afternoon and then battled with the Plustek scanner trying to get some decent scans
here are the results - you can see larger versions on my flickr page.
Comments and criticisms appreciated.... oh and if anybody has a PDF of the manual I would be interested in having a look - though i think I have figured it pretty much out - no endless menus of obscure options here
cheers
Kevin
A 35mm summilux was handed to me from my other halfs 'leitz box', I loaded up some HP5 and stepped out into the sunshine to try it out. It certainly feels nice in the hand - though getting used to aperture and focus rings being the wrong way round and stopping oneself from 'chimping'
Developed the film this afternoon and then battled with the Plustek scanner trying to get some decent scans
here are the results - you can see larger versions on my flickr page.
Comments and criticisms appreciated.... oh and if anybody has a PDF of the manual I would be interested in having a look - though i think I have figured it pretty much out - no endless menus of obscure options here
cheers
Kevin
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