Hamburg with the Monochrom By Dan Bar
Hamburg with the Monochrom
By Dan Bar
Hi Steve
Just got back from Hamburg Germany, nice city with terrible winter weather.
It was cold and damp which made photography quite a challenge. My fingers froze under the gloves as the MM body is made out of steel. and it felt ice-cold. As a matter of fact i was afraid Leica won’t work but nothing of the kind happened. As a matter of fact i spoke with a Leica salesman later on and he told me he has a client who shoots regularly in Greenland where temperature is -20c and colder ( In Hamburg it was -7c and windy ,so it felt like -10c) yet his MM never stopped working. Good news for those who intend to travel to cold countries. Sometimes i do miss colour so i decided to buy the M9 again. I like the 240 alot but i love the M9 ( but that’s me 🙂 . I got it from Ken Hansen who is a fantastic dealer and a great trusty person. Anyway in Hamburg i still did not have the M9 with me , so i am sending you some more black &white + 35 LUX photos. The MM is such a fantastic camera. BTW the german salesman in Hamburg leica store who listened to my complaint about the red plasticity tendency of the 240, said LEICA received a lot of complaints about it and that they fixsd it 3 weeks ago
All the best
Danny
