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And summer is here...

Wed Jul 12, 2006, 10:51 PM
I dont know if I should be happy or sad that summer is here. On one hand I dont have classes and a lot of free time, on the other hand I dont have classes and a lot of free time. Well at least I found a part time job teaching english for 10 dollars an hour. Works for me, helps pay for my Leica lust.

My last entry Comments on China/America was pretty interesting, there was so much there that I havnt had time to go over all of it. So much to read.

Anyho back to work, taking a lot of photos but on film so dont got anything to show yet.



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:iconyellowcrane:
10 dollars an hour! What a payment! haha
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:iconavotius:
well yeah, might not sound like a lot I guess, but 80 yuan x2 hours = 1 weeks daily living for me so hurrah!
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:iconmercyop:
Have fun and that's sounds like a pretty well paid job in China. I met several english teachers there, they live like kings/queens :)
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:iconvicious-k:
Great colin, film is king;) And Leica... Mmmmmmm

What sort are you thinking of? M6, M7, MP?

What film do you shoot?

If BW, develop self? in what?

Cheers mate, Kim
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:iconavotius:
Oh yes film, gota love it. For slides I shoot velvia 100F and provia 100 F. For BW which is what I usualy shoot, its ilford hp5, delta 100 pushed to 400, or Era which is nice and cheap. On a rare occasion ill shoot color negative film and in that case its Fuji Reala. And nautrally I soup my own bw film, in Ilfortec LC-29, a odd developer which is very forgiving and pushes film well, especially delta 100 to 400, very smooth.

Hm...leicas, natrually there are too many choices and for me its whatever I can afford. At the moment it looks like ill end up with a m6 as the m7 and mp are a wee out of my price range for the moment. Idealy I would want to have both and m7 and an mp but since that isnt gona happen ill probably end up with a mp. As for lenses, that 35 asph summicron in chrome has had my eye for a long time...yum but I also have my eye on that new carl zeiss 50mm 1.5 sonnar remake that they got coming, that might be a nice lens (since the 50 summilux is so pricey...)
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:iconvicious-k:
100@400, nice grain;)

Maybe I should try the Ifortec LC-29, licwuid or powder like Microphen(I'm a bit lazy and usually develop in rodinal(both ilford delta(all) FP4, HP5, PanF as well as Tmax...

What about a nifty Noctilux? D

I tried the MP and instantly fell in love... I'll have to stick with the Voigtländer for many years... Most of the "real" money go into digital, though I will buy an analog EOS (bought an EOS100, but the shuttercurtain was wrecked, got my money back) so now I have been thinking about an EOS1n, they are not to expensive, the EOS 3 would be nice as well, but expensive..

ah, a summi in chrome.... Sweet....

I hope you'll get some of that sexy sexy equipment some day(in the not to far future)

Cheers mate

- kim
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