Truffle hunting on a farm owned by the same family for 14 generations. The little dog found 5 truffles which we cleaned up and enjoyed at dinner with some very fine family wines.
M10R + 50 BC Lux
She didn't want to let go. Can't blame her - they were excellent truffles.
Camel head is considered by many to be a delicacy and is sold in butcher shops and food markets throughout Morocco. Somewhat of a shock though for those of us with our Western sensibilities who buy our cow, sheep and pig in little sanitised packages from our supermarkets.
Timphoto wrote:
My M10R base plate latch needed to be tightened so I stopped by the Leica store in Firenze late on a Saturday afternoon. Marco was very helpful in resolving the problem. Great store with helpful staff!
I am a frequent visitor of that store when I am in Florence with family. Very nice people working there.
1bwana1 wrote:
Thanks for the kind words. Always appreciated.
Honestly, for travel and carrying around I favor the M system strongly. Nothing else available provides a similar level of IQ in such a compact form factor. Such a great shooting experience too.
The SL3 and APO lenses are too heavy for me for that use case. But I am 73 years old with some mobility issues. I find all of the full frame autofocus mirrorless systems too big and heavy for that when using their best lenses. I will use it primarily for studio, portraits, cityscape, and landscapes, when there is not a lot of walking. I am guessing I will be on a tripod in many such circumstances. I will say that when coupled with the APO-SUMMICRON-SL primes I don't think any other system delivers the IQ however. The APO primes are bigger than M but still smaller and higher IQ than zoom lenses. Not crazy big. The SL3 also makes a great platform for shooting small M lenses. In some cases even better than an M camera. When used that way the size/weight is very easy to manage....Show more →
I also shoot M glass on my SL2-S. Granted, the SL body is bigger than the M (SL3 is smaller than SL2-S). The M lenses on the SL is an implementation that works well, imo. Presently, my only native L mount glass is the Siggy 500/5.6 and the Panny 85/1.8 (haven't sprung for any SL APO yet, may invest in $$$ Hassy, instead), but I routinely use my M lenses on the SL. No AF of course, but the EVF for manual focus is fine. I'm on the fence if I want to get the 75 SL APO Cron, in the meantime I have my M 75/2.4 and the Panny to choose from. Both are significantly smaller / lighter than the SL APO ... but, the SL APO has more glass, and thus there is an optical diff to be gained. The price for that is of course $$$, size and weight.
Generally speaking, I tend to use my M's for normal > wides, and my SL for longer glass (although, I will shoot all my M glass on the SL). Sometimes, rather than switch lenses, I just mount up two diff focal length M lenses ... one on an M, one on the SL ... and swap between bodies for a bit. Presently, I'm shooting my M24/2.8 ASPH mostly on the M10R and the Voigt 50/1.5 II on the SL2-S.
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