Illinois Chicago RFF Club - Coffee, Gear and Vivian Maier

Welcome Satoki!
Some strong images on your website.

For those not keeping track, the Bears game begins at 2PM CST, not 3PM as I mentioned above, so the wife staying at home.
If you didn't know already, this game will be BIG.
 
Hoping some roving pre-game fans will make good camera fodder. :)

Francisco! Glad you're planning to make it, we have much to catch up on.
 
Given the place and time, it'll be coffee, I guess... I drink to that!

Yes, Liam, I want to hear about Panama too! See you guys this Sunday! :)
 
A very enjoyable get-together of the Chicago RFF group.
I was great to talk shop with fellow film addicts.

Present were Liam, Rico, Francisco, Tony and myself

Lots of fine gear was on the table - surprisingly no dupes

I think my favorite was Rico's Leica IIIb? - amazing - looked like it is new from the factory.

Among the gear were - Leica IIIb, Mamiya 6 RF, Leica M4-2, Leica M5, Horseman mega-cam, Tele-Rollei, Rollei 35, Olympus EP-2?, Nikon SP, Contax T2, OM-4Ti, OM-3

Since I saw it last week, I skipped the VM exhibit - how'd everyone like it ?

I made use of the way to and from my car to snap a few shots - including a live cheese-head (Packer fan) - I'm post when I develop them

Thanks everyone for coming!

In the image below (apologies for the poor iPhone quality), Francisco, Rico and Liam

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Hope you guys had a good time. Sorry I couldn't make it - got stuck in the 'burbs until the afternoon.
 
Here's my contribution. I had this film developed the following Tuesday and completely forgot to post this one here.

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LtR, Rico, Liam, Toni and Marc, at Borders on State St. We were, as one can see, very wholesome.
 

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Really wish I could have been there to meet everyone -

Thanks for going to the VM exhibit with me Marc -- Im excited to see the next exhibit. I think this was just a very small portion of her work.

In any case, I found a link to the fundraising efforts you told me about - turns out people have another month to donate.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/800508197/finding-vivian-maier-a-feature-length-documentary

Also, there have been some updates here: http://vivianmaierphotography.com/

Attached are the cameras she used!
 

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It was fun to attach names to faces, and shoot the breeze for a couple of hours. We really lucked out on the weather. :) Yes, Marc, the object of affection was a Leica IIIb from 1939 and similar-era SCNOO rapid winder. The VM images were simply world-class street, and (for this exhibit) all Rolleiflex square. The other two cameras in the case were 35mm format (Exakta, Leica IIIc).
 
Sorry I missed this - I've been off-line here for months. Hopefully next time.

And, Francisco... you grew a beard!

(A statement of surprise - I'm sure you already know about it. :D )
 
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