DR

Nice little portrait of a young friend of ours (I just love those freckles). It's one of the first shots with the Dual Range (DR) Summicron 50/2 mounted on an M2. Beautiful combo that opens up the realm of close focus pictures for Leica shooters. It has a big reputation, and it shows. That wonderful lively sharpness of the Leitz glass ... I am also getting more enthusiastic about this Ilford XP2 emulsion which combines great ease of use with marvelous tones and grain.

selfpic with pic

Still pleased with my large format prints of the Mountain Portraits. I'm preparing a second batch for Hans to put through his 11990 ...