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Leica M8
Zeiss Sonnar 50mm f/1.5

This picture is #31 in my 100 strangers project . Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.

David was outside a Wendy's rummaging through a toolbox in the back of his truck. When I interrupted him for a photo, he was up for it right away. He seemed a little shy to look into the camera, but I feel I captured him faithfully.

Turns out he is having a bit of transmission fluid leaking into his oil. I suggested a bad gasket (because I'm such an expert, ha-ha), and he'd had the same thought. However, neither of us had heard of transmission fluid leaking into oil, only coolant leaking into oil.

Good luck with your truck, David, and thanks for taking part in 100 Strangers!

Tech Notes
I have to admit I did quite a bit of post-processing on this. I cropped to 3:4 (I find myself not loving 2:3 after shooting square so much). I also took into Silver Efex Pro for the B&W conversion/toning/etc. I'd prefer to shoot real film, rather than emulate it, but with the weather so crappy lately, I'd never get a roll finished!

Newest addition. Almost certainly a redial. I don't think they produced this model in white. Plus, the dial is perfect and the lume is really good. The internal bezel rotates fine, and the chrono runs and resets (though a little weird -- you have to push the reset button in, and keep pushing, to get the hands back to 0).

Not bad for a 30+ year old watch.

Newest addition. Almost certainly a redial. I don't think they produced this model in white. Plus, the dial is perfect and the lume is really good. The internal bezel rotates fine, and the chrono runs and resets (though a little weird -- you have to push the reset button in, and keep pushing, to get the hands back to 0).

Not bad for a 30+ year old watch.

Leica M8 + Zeiss 50mm Sonnar

It's snowing again. I posed.

Leica M8 + Zeiss 50mm Sonnar

Not that different than any other selfie I've done lately. Just wanted to shoot a camera at something. Weather's been crazy this weekend -- over 12" of snow.