Leica M6 Disassembly

Is your Leica M6 giving you problems. Here's the Leica M6 repair manual.  

I acquired a whole set of Leica repair manuals on microfiche about 25 years ago when a camera repair shop went out of business. I also have the manuals for a M4-2, M4-P, MD-2, Leica M lenses, R3 MOT, R4, R lenses, Trinovid Binoculars, and the US Army technical repair manual for the M3. 

Speaking of the Army version of the M3, I was actually issued a body and the 35mm and 50mm lenses to use as a backup for my Nikon system. The body was called a Leica KE-7A. I used it for a couple of years until we turned all of our film cameras in to go digital. That was in 1995. 

Street Photography Inspiration - Magnum Photography

I was in Laguna Beach for a photography exhibit recently and stopped in to the Laguna Beach Bookstore. It's a nice little store. Great to go to an independent bookstore. I came across a great item from Magnum Photos. It is a set of 36 postcards of Paris taken by Magnum photographers. They are printed on high quality card stock and come in a presentation case. The following photographers are represented. 

Elliott Erwitt

Martin Parr

Burt Glinn 

Chris Steele-Perkins

Dennis Stock

Paolo Pellegrin 

Guy Le Querrec

Henri Cartier-Bresson 

Henry Gruyaert

Richard Kalvar

John Vink

Mark Power

Bruce Barbey

Patrick Zachmann

Bruce Gilden

Raghu Rai

David Alan Harvey

Jean Gaumy

Gueorgui Pinkhassov

Herbert List

Alex Majoli

Abbas

Alec Soth

Leonard Freed

Ferdinando Scianna

Marc Riboud

Raymond Depardon

Sergio Larrain

Robert Capa

Bruce Davidson

David Hurn

Inge Morath

Rene Burri

I plan on displaying these on my desk and rotating the images weekly. They are great inspiration. Images on my monitor just don't satisfy me anymore, I find that my office is getting more printed photographs on the walls. 

Magnum Postcards

Attn. Since posting this I have been apprised of the City of Laguna Beach's ordinance of a $100 fee for ANY photography in the city. I no longer recommend Laguna Beach Books or visiting Laguna Beach California.  

Nikon 100 Anniversary - Nikon Professional Services

I had a small but bulky package appear in my mail box the other day. The return address was Nikon Professional Services. To small for my free Nikon D5. Maybe tomorrow. Once I got it opened I discovered my Nikon 100th Anniversary gift inside. 

I have been a NPS member for about twenty years. Whenever a new top of the line pro body is introduced Nikon sends out promo packets. I still have mine from the introduction of the F6. I have only used the services that NPS offers a few times but when the need arises it's nice to know that Nikon will take care of me quickly and professionally. 

So I must say I was surprised when out slid my gifts. Nikon had sent me a nice NPS Anniversary pin and Notebook with attached Nikon NPS pen. The pin will go nicely with the 100th Anniversary pin set that they are releasing latter this year. The notebook is spiral bound with a Moleskine like band with silver embossing. Camera geeks will love the first couple of pages of the notebook because there are four pages of color photos of all of the SLR’s that Nikon has produced. From rangefinders to the current DSLR’s. The book then has about 100 pages for notes followed by a multi-year calendar. An elastic band keeps the pen in place. 

Nikon 100 Anniversary

Nikon 100 Anniversary

Nikon 100 Anniversary Pin