I shot most of my first roll with the Leica CL this afternoon. Me and Alex were driving back from a meeting along the road from a town near by called Pershore. There is a barn on the side of the road that I’ve spotted as possible subject matter more times than I can count, but have never been in a position to stop. Today I decided it was about time I made the time, and with the Leica CL and 50mm Summicron, loaded with a roll of Kodak Ultramax 400, I shot a good few shots.
Initial thoughts on the Leica CL are a little mixed. I love the size, but I’m not sure about the position of the shutter button. I find the view through the finder bright, but I’m not sure the layout of the view though the finder isn’t a bit confusing… And am yet to get on with what amounts to an upside-down light meter! Why would the needle move up for underexposure and down for overexposure, it’s just confusing! These contradicting feelings toward it are generally partnered with an overall like of the camera though, I just hope I can get to grips with it a bit better!
As for the photos, nothing mind blowing I’m afraid, but I’m reasonably happy with them. The sun was high and the air quite clear by the time we were shooting, which was a shame as earlier in the day their was a haze that I feel would have added a little something to the atmosphere and feel of the shots. Anyway, here are the shots …
My Leica CL album on flickr can be found here
Cheers for reading
Hamish
You can find my eventual review of the Leica CL here
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Jake on First roll with the Leica CL – Derelict barns
Comment posted: 09/04/2015
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jojonas on First roll with the Leica CL – Derelict barns
Comment posted: 21/04/2015
Looking through the flickr album I find a bunch of images that would be more interesting to discuss. Namely, how you felt about the spot metering indoors vs outdoors and was it a recalibrated body or did you use old batteries.
Ohyeah, you mentioned the shutter button but nothing about the shutter speed selector. How did you feel about that one?
Comment posted: 21/04/2015
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Ned on First roll with the Leica CL – Derelict barns
Comment posted: 25/01/2016
Your recent comment on the Leica CL was a bit of a coincidence, because I keep getting drawn back into buying one - again. Have you had a chance to evaluate your 40mm Cron on the CL?
As I mentioned in a previous post, I sold my CL 40mm Cron because the lens performance underwhelmed me. But forum posts keep mentioning how good the 40mm Cron is (given its price), which made me think, was mine a bad one - or was it me? I loved the CL handling, but the lens is a big question mark, so I would be very interested in hearing your opinion, as I have found your reviews to be very honest based purely on how you see it.
Out of interest, the other 2 cameras that I had at the time were a Minolta TC-1 and a Pentax with the SMC-M 50mm 1.7. The Cron came a poor third to those 2.
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Cheers,
Ned
Comment posted: 25/01/2016
Ned on First roll with the Leica CL – Derelict barns
Comment posted: 26/01/2016
I tried a Minolta TC-1 as a replacement for my expired Rollei 35 and went out and shot the same film type on the CL and TC-1, on the same trip.
When the prints came back, the CL was as before, but the Minolta was "wow". Couldn't stand all the automated whirring and zizzing though, so it went back.
I have been a Pentax shooter for a long, long time and my reference is the SMC-M 50mm f1.7 and as with all top make 50mm primes, it is very sharp, an excellent lens. Unbelievably cheap, too.
Comment posted: 26/01/2016
Ned on First roll with the Leica CL – Derelict barns
Comment posted: 27/01/2016
No need to move the review up your priority list, I am in no great rush.
GAS is well controlled.
Cheers