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height="160" alt="IMG-250203135_easyHDR-selective-color-blue" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55318336395/" title="IMG-250203135_easyHDR-sse4"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318336395_dcbdf1d0f7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-250203135_easyHDR-sse4" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55318327560/" title="IMG-2601056002_easyHDR-selective-color-blue__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318327560_d1526f1a5f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="IMG-2601056002_easyHDR-selective-color-blue__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55317008492/" title="IMG-2601056002_easyHDR-Ulubiony_2x_Strong__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317008492_c9f7590d03_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="IMG-2601056002_easyHDR-Ulubiony_2x_Strong__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55318147309/" title="IMG-2604204648_easyHDR-Standart Monochromatyczny Przeworski HDR__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318147309_303d3a931b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-2604204648_easyHDR-Standart Monochromatyczny Przeworski HDR__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55317013727/" title="IMG-2604204648_easyHDR-sample-special-effect__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317013727_48eafcc124_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-2604204648_easyHDR-sample-special-effect__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55318142284/" title="IMG-260101866_easyHDR-high-contrast4__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318142284_118bc226e3_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-260101866_easyHDR-high-contrast4__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55317008732/" title="IMG-2601056000_easyHDR-natural3__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317008732_d067a6f53c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-2601056000_easyHDR-natural3__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55318079218/" title="IMG-2604204648_easyHDR-Mierzęcice__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318079218_5803c36266_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-2604204648_easyHDR-Mierzęcice__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55318327535/" title="IMG-2601056002_easyHDR-SepiaContrast+__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318327535_853bb6109f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="IMG-2601056002_easyHDR-SepiaContrast+__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55318311130/" title="IMG-250203134_easyHDR-high-contrast4__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318311130_82a442e79b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-250203134_easyHDR-high-contrast4__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55318138089/" title="IMG-2601056001_easyHDR-sample-special-effect__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55318138089_ed063f8827_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="IMG-2601056001_easyHDR-sample-special-effect__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55317904506/" title="IMG-260101866_easyHDR-Red&amp;Black__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317904506_80845fdacb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-260101866_easyHDR-Red&amp;Black__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jmarcdive/">jmarcdive</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmarcdive/55317899971/" title="Le Prieuré de Salles"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317899971_662251d4dd_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Le Prieuré de Salles" /></a></p> <p>The Priory of Salles is located in the Beaujolais, France, about 50km away North to Lyon city. The Priory was founded at the 10th century under the authority of Cluny Abbey that was the most important Abbey of Europa at this time. Less impressive than Cluny, it is however a small architectural real gem ideally located on the slopes of a little valley and surrounded by the Beaujolais vineyards. It flourished in the 14th century with the arrival of Benedictine nuns who, in the 18th century, became Canonesses Countesses. Entirely constructed with the regional « golden stones ». its 12th-century Romanesque cloister is particularly worth a visit. The Priory Museum houses a permanent exhibition that recounts the history of Salles Arbuissonnas.<br /> <br /> I decided to go there for a small photo excursion with my Leica M-A camera (see below the details about it and the lens used). Before the visit in the afternoon, I had a lunch at the restaurant in Blacé, le village next to Salles-Arbuissonas. My Leica was loaded with a Rollei RPX100 black-and-white film that I exposed for 50 ISO to compensate the yellow filter (screw-on E46 B+W 022 Yellow 495 MRC) used for all the film views. It used as well the Leica circular shade hood ref. 12486. Expositions were metered using a Minolta Autometer III fitted with a 10° viewfinder for selective metering or the hemispheric opale dome for incident mode.<br /> <br /> View Nr. -: 1/125s f/9 at infinite (to be edited)<br /> <br /> June 5, 2026<br /> 69460 Blacé<br /> France<br /> <br /> After the last view #37 exposed, the film was rewound to the taking cartridge and revealed in a Posso tank with 350 mL of Adox Adonal developer (identical to the original Agfa Rodinal in its formula of 1891) prepared at the dilution 1+25. The film was processed as proposed by Rollei for 9min at 20°C.<br /> <br /> The frames were then digitized using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) adapted to a macro Minolta Auto Bellow III with Minolta Bellow MD Macro lens 1:3.5 f=50mm and the dedicated slide duplicator Minolta. The light source was a LED panel (approx. 4x5') CineStill Cine-lite.<br /> <br /> The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 15.3, April 2026) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as print files with frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures. <br /> <br /> <br /> About the camera :<br /> <br /> On February 3, 2026, I took my partly delivered order of January, 2026, at the Leica Boutique, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France. I did this order between two short stays at<br /> Hospital Edouard Herriot to have surgeries. It helped me a lot during these medical sessions to take an external source of distraction, not focused on the surgery moment upsetting necessities.<br /> <br /> My project was initially based on the still existing film Leica M camera’s production maintained active today in Wetzlar, Germany. Leica Camera AG offers today for sale 3 film camera’s available in different finishes. These are the Leica M6, Leica M-P and Leica M-A on the margin of a very diverse range of digital Leica camera’s. The M-P and M-A are produced since 2014 and are likely the closest camera’s to the original first Leica M3 in (1954-1966). It is possible that Leica maintained their M film camera’sjust to sustain their iconic heritage in the history of the company.<br /> <br /> The Leica M survived a time in the 1970-1980’s due to a modified production (Leica M4-2 then M6) by the Leitz Canada branch that closed in 1990. The Leica M6 was then again produced in Germany followed by the Leica M7. The further versions of Leica M8 to M11 today are digital camera’s.<br /> <br /> I own in my camera collection since April 2024, a venerable standing Leica M3 year 1956 that is now, in 2026, 70-year old and in perfect optical and mechanical condition with a single and well matched Summicron 2/5cm. The camera is equipped as shown in the first commercial brochure of the Leica M3 in 1954 (standard lens, bag, shade hood). In general, when practicing photography, it is sometime safe to have a « backup » camera of the same type to be still operant in case of one camera failure. I was then amused to backup my Leica M3 by one of these brand-new produced Leica M.<br /> <br /> The Leica M-A is the closest to my M3. It is purely mechanical camera, without any electrical on electronic circuitries. Intentionally, the Leica M-A has resurrected some of the Leica M3 and Leica M2 (1958-1967) features as the metal advance lever, frame counter, engraving, rewind button, and of course their exact shape and dimensions. The front top cover is designed like the M2 with flat optical windows.<br /> <br /> The complex range-finder combined to a framed viewer, including an automatic parallax compensation existed in different versions. The viewer of the Leica M3 was however never been mounted on other Leica M than the M3’s . The 0.91 magnification and its design made for focales 5, 9 and 13.5cm was modified on the Leica M-2 to enlarge the direct use of the viewer to the wide angle 35mm lenses to prise of a smaller magnification. The Leica M-A has o 0.72 magnification capable to display the 28mm frames. As a consequence the Leica M-A is more oriented to a common use of 28 and 35mm lenses.<br /> <br /> I choose finally to order a M-A in the chrome silver finish with engraving resembling to the M3/M2 camera’s with a lens Summilux 1.4/35mm « Classic » that based on the original lens of 60’s, It was a formidable gift !. Ordering was however not so simple. At first, I was told that the Leica M-A production would be discontinued in Wetzlar … Arguing that the camera is still offered for sale of the on-line French website, I finally got an available box in stock in Wetzlar that was shipped straight to Lyon in 4-5 days. The lens was more slow to get and arrived within 5 weeks.<br /> <br /> I could first enjoy the pleasure of comparing in hands my 1956 Leica M3 and my 2026 Leica-M-A. The 70-year old Summicron 2/5cm (branded at this time « Ernst Leitz Wetzlar » fits smoothly and exactly to the M-A and the 50mm frame is automatically selected. The range-finder operates accurately. There is something fantastic to see the two camera side to side separated by 70 years. Installed in the vintage ever-ready leather bag I prepared for the Leica M-A, it is quite hard to detect at a first look that the M-A is a new camera.<br /> <br /> The viewfinder is even more bright and contrasted due to an extensive AR-coating of all optical elements. The shutter has similar, but still a bit different, those strange little noises that occurs on the M3 for the slow speeds, but essentially the two camera’s are indeed and undoubtly Leica’s M ! The grandfather and the grandson are so ressemblant.<br /> <br /> About the lens :<br /> <br /> After the delivery of my Leica M-A camera body the week before, I had the second part of my order on February 10, 2026, at the Leica Boutique, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France. I did this order in early January 2026, between two short stays at Hospital Edouard Herriot to have surgeries. It helped me a lot during these medical sessions to take an external source of distraction, not focused on the surgery moment upsetting necessities.<br /> <br /> My brand-new 2026 Leica M-A (produced since 2014 by Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar, Germany) has the mixed technical features of the original Leica M3 (1954-1966) and Leica M2 (1958-1967). In particular the viewfinder system of the today M-A is inherited of the Leica M2 with a 0.72 magnification that allows the direct view field of a 35mm focal length. On the M3 , with its specific 0.91 magnification viewer, the use of 35mm lenses requires an external optical viewfinder or external optical correction of the built-in viewfinder. As a consequence the M3 appears optimal for the focal of 5, 9 and 13.5cm while the M2 appears more wide-angle lens oriented. The viewfinder of he M-A allows additionally also the framing of 28mm lens.<br /> <br /> My idea was then to equip my M-A of a brand-new companion Leica 35mm lens of the current Leica production. The choice felt on the re-edition of an iconic 35mm Leica lens of the 60’s : a Summilux 1.4/35mm that first introduced to the market in 1961 as the first f/1.4 aperture 35mm lens.. This lens was as a modified double Gauss formula keeping the lens compact and not too heavy. The lens was soon highly reputed, especially in the photojournalism domain.<br /> <br /> The « Steel Rim » describes a stainless steel ring mounted on the lens front to hold the shade hood. When looking at the optical scheme the modern version of the lens is not exactly the same but Leica keeper the major characteristic with a special softness at wide aperture 1.4 to 2.8 that miked the success of the lens at the time.<br /> <br /> Receiving of a brand-new Leica lens is a not so common moment. The lens was packaged in Wetzlar on January 16, 2026 and delivered to the Leica boutique, Place Bellecour, Lyon, France on February, 10, 2026 where I took the precious package. We opened the boxes in the shop and had a good discussion staring at the jewel. When picking-up the lens I did not had my M-A body with me but we tried the mount on another second-hand M-A.<br /> <br /> The lens is delivered by default with two shade hoods and rear/front ens caps. The replica of the original lens hood fits, clip-on , to the famous « »stieel rim » but is not curiously usable with filters. The second modern one was designed to be used with the E46 screwed filters. The seller offered for free a Leica UVa II, E46 filter (sliver decor) and a Leica clip-on lens cap E46 to be used with a filter because the default one is a bit too large with a filter on place on the lens. The package includes also a protective Leica black lens pouch, proof certificate and booklet.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/147123366@N06/">Wolfram Biermann-Zeitler</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/147123366@N06/55317899461/" title="Open Range"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317899461_94865450f7_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Open Range" /></a></p> <p>Out and about in the Wetschaft Hollow near the village of Amönau (Wetter), Marburg-Biedenkopf district<br /> Hesse, Germany 23.03.2023<br /> <br /> Weites Land<br /> Unterwegs in der Wetschaft-Senke nahe dem Dorf Amönau (Wetter), Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf<br /> Hessen, Deutschland 23.03.2023</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55317900831/" title="IMG-250203135_easyHDR-dramatic-bright__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317900831_2f2c815197_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-250203135_easyHDR-dramatic-bright__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55317904551/" title="IMG-260101866_easyHDR-o.k._strong-winieta__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317904551_23bb345394_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-260101866_easyHDR-o.k._strong-winieta__" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/200940948@N08/">wojciech g</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/200940948@N08/55317900576/" title="IMG-250203135_easyHDR-Ulubiony_2x_Strong__"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55317900576_2c1d10ecd4_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="IMG-250203135_easyHDR-Ulubiony_2x_Strong__" /></a></p>

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