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Photographing Ice in the Beaches, continued.

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 The end results overall with the R6 were stunning, some of it, me, some of it, the 3 Cam Leica R glass. Damn, I can see why it costs so damn much. The R6 as a camera is an interesting one, one would be really cynical and say, "Yeah a Nikon FM does the same thing at a fraction of the price." Yes, to a point but the R6 also has both a sorta matrix metering and spot metering modes, both deliver nicely. The R6 also has a built in diopter for those of us with Gen X eyesight. The one quibble is the little window in back so you can see the film. It became a trend but some reason I had some odd flare on a few frames early on in the roll, granted I had to re-load in the bright sun which is much less than idea. I taped over the window with black duct tape to reduce that variable hopefully to zero in future rolls when reloading in the wild.  When it gets super cold, and stormy which we had plenty of this past winter, Lake Ontario delivers with some epic ice build up. My brother Alex ga...

Leica R6, Another Grail Camera Addition, and Photographing the Ice in the Beaches.

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 Oh boy, I did thing, apparently three Leicaflexes weren't enough, I went out and bought a Leica R6 and over a month later an R5 (stay tuned) and beefed up my three cam Leica R lens collection. Always wanted one of these cameras but the cost of Leica R glass kept me back, but that was then.  The R6 was Leica's all mechanical camera based on the Leica R4 which in turn was based off the Minolta XD chassis and some interior bits. Mind you the R6 was entirely Leica's design, the only thing shared with Minolta is the exterior dimensions and that reassuring soft thunk with the mirror slap.  I tried the camera out while on photo walk in the Beaches Neighbourhood back in early February after a snow storm and deep freeze to document the ice build up along the lake. The lenses used included the 3 Cam 80-200 F4 Vario Elmar, 28 F2.8 Elmarit and the Midland On made 50 F2 Summicron. I have a soft spot for made in Midland lenses. The Vario Elmar 80-200 came from Minolta, nothing wrong w...