Bentley

Focused on his ear, and not his eyes where I wanted but ... using a Leica is new to me.

By the way, this is Bentley... English Setter.. 4 years old.

This is made with a Leica M9 taken at about 1.4. That should impress some of you. Many thanks to `cweeks for letting me play with it, I look forward to walking the street with it sometime.

That M9 is......... just very nice. I'm not sure if it's the M9 or just the feeling of shooting with a Leica, I just love how focusing works and how the snap doesn't close the shutter on you and you're left in the moment memorizing the snap you took. I think it's mostly a gift to the photographer and not necessarily the end viewer of the photograph since you're left with a more vivid image of your own snap becuase you were permitted to experience the shot without the shutter blinding you.

Anyway, for $8k I think I'll hold off and leave these toys to the pros. But I certainly felt like hugging the thing.