scottwallick.com » Zeiss Ikon http://scottwallick.com An editor making more mistakes than corrections Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:26:17 +0000 en hourly 1 Back from Kathmandu, again http://scottwallick.com/blog/2009/11/back-from-kathmandu-again/ http://scottwallick.com/blog/2009/11/back-from-kathmandu-again/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:45:01 +0000 Scott http://scottwallick.com/?p=223 Last time I posted, I was selling some camera gear. The update: sold. I sold my entire Nikon kit (a Nikon FM3a, four lenses and corresponding filters, a couple flashes, and cases and whatnot) and 80% of my rangefinder M mount lenses. I was left with my Zeiss Ikon, a Leica Summarit 35mm f/2, Summicron 50mm f/2, and Summilux 50mm f/1.4 and Voigtlander 40mm f/1.4. But still, I can only have one lens on a camera at a time, so no matter how extensive this last gear purge was, I am still left with a surplus.

Binita and I returned from a month-long trip to Kathmandu. We spent most of October in Kathmandu but made a mad dash trip to Darjeeling. We had a nice time. Plus, this marked what is probably the last time I’ll be using the Zeiss Ikon—or rather, 35mm film—as my primary camera. True, with the money I made from selling all that gear, I bought a Leica M9, and I am very excited. It’ll be my first ‘real’ Leica.

I’m hoping that the Leica glass and the new full-frame sensor in the M9 will provide the great textured images that I can make film consistently produce. For example:

Untitled by scottwallick on Flickr

I’m still 11th on the waiting list over at Pop.Flash Photo (who are great guys simply waiting on Leica like the rest of us). Looks like I might not have my M9 until the end of November or even mid December. I am told that each camera is hand-assembled in Solms, Germany. If true, then take your time.

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