Pulled Out the Leica M3, Part Two

 Haven't walked the east end in a while. It is changing, I noticed some bars and restaurants didn't survive Covid times and the spaces haven't been filled. Give it time. Walking with my M3 was like old times, granted having been shooting with the M2 with contemporary shutter speeds had me spoiled my M3 has the old style ones like 1/100 of s second instead of 1/125 and on down. Can't remember the term off hand but, it makes things interesting. 

I have to get this M3 in for service, it's been 15 years since it was last looked at by a pro and a little preventative maintainence is a good thing. 



Camera: Leica M3 DS, 50 F2 Collapsible Summicron Lens. 

Film: Ilford FP4, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 



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