Wednesday 2006/07/12
11:51 PM

Categories: Cameras

New (Old) M4

Leica M4

Just back from a thorough CLA (Clean-Lube-Adjust): chrome M4, with a 50/2 Summicron.

While in North Carolina Jordan and I visited her family friends Walt and Marianne Brauner at their farm. Walt noticed the Bessa I was using to shoot while walking around their property, and he asked me if I was interested in his old Leica. He told me it had been sitting in the basement unused for about a decade. He sold me the body and lens for a song – I guess that he was simply happy knowing that I would get a lot of use out of it.

The M4s don’t have a built-in meter, so I may get a small one to mount on the accessory shoe. For now I’ll guesstimate and rely on the exposure latitude of print film to cover my errors in judgment.

Responses

Peter Keam

Thursday 2006/07/13 12:24 PM

Wow, Mark. Beauuuutiful M4.
Mike & Debbie have often talked about Walt & Marianne. It was great you had a chance to meet them.
I may have an old hand-held meter tucked away that hasn’t seen the light of day in ages. If I can find it I’ll send it to you. Peter

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Thursday 2006/07/13 11:54 PM

I was definitely glad to meet them. I think Jordan had a lot of fun remembering all her visits to their farm as a kid. Walt shared lots of fun stories about his days living in Brooklyn.

Coming home with the M4 took a bit of the sting out of losing my iPod during the trip, as well.

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