Day 168 - Honouring a Tradition I

I've been very privileged to be given my grandfathers film cameras.  I have been fixing and cleaning the cameras and lenses to use once again.  Over the next couple of days I'm going to show you the cameras and a little background to them.

This is a Leica Leicaflex SL film camera made from 1968 to 1974.  One of the issues with this model was the red plastic lens release switch.  They tended to break very easily so it's quite rare to find one with the original release leaver.

Technical:
Canon 7d camera
ISO 100
EF17-40 @ 40mm
f/18
1/125sec

Strobist:
Nissin DI622MkII triggered wirelessly

Image Manipulation:
Converted to Black & White and brushed in the switch and lens colour