The Grey NATO – 213 – Estate Sale Speedmasters and the New Leica M6
With James having been on the road for much of the past week, the TGN boys catch up while Jason is at home and James is enjoying a brief trip to sunny Los Angeles. In this episode, Jason chats about his recent success in finding a cool old Omega at an estate sale and James has a recap of his recent trip to Leica’s HQ for their annual Celebration of Photography and the announcement of the new M6.
From the start, 213 kicks off with an update on James’ hunt for a Scurfa M.S.22 and a new jacket for Jason. Stay in the mix for a Final Notes that will have you crossing rough terrain in an old Land Rover while you hunt for grifters, killer, rebels, and crooks.
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8:47 Standard H Targa Florio Jacket
9:35 Observer Denim
10:28 Scurfa M.S.22
11:21 Anker 736 charger
12:10 Targus travel adapters
14:16 Serica 8315 GMT
17:49 Jason’s Estate Sale Omega Speedmaster
26:22 Omega Seamaster Chronograph 176.001
29:39 Jaeger Le-Coultre from Goodwill
33:59 Leica Celebration of Photography
37:10 The Leica M6
37:55 Leica MP
38:28 Joe Greer Instagram
38:55 John Sypal
39:35 Kiana Heyeri
40:47 Valentin Goppel
44:55 Cinestill 400D Film
45:00 Summilux-M f/1.4 (the new one)
48:30 Leyland Brothers World – Cape York 1972
51:30 Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe
I grew up watching the Leyland Brothers - hadn’t thought about them in a long time. From memory it’s pronounced lay-land rather than lee-land. Loved that show.
In a similar vein, check out Bush Tucker Man. It looks like the ABC has just put up all of the full seasons on YouTube.
That Speedmaster is a killer find! Congrats, Jason! I've tried a few estate sales with no luck but I always keep an eye out for promising lots.
As an avid film photographer for over 25 years now, it's nice to a new film camera released in 2022. I've shot with many Leica film cameras over the year including the M2, M3, M6, M-A and MP. I've had my well loved MP (with a 0.58 finder, a godsent for those of us with glasses) for about 10 years now and I can't image ever selling it. I do find this M6 rather odd/interesting. From what I can tell, it appears to be a reskinned MP with different film advance lever and rewind mechanism. James, do you have any insight into this? For me, the clean lines and the lack of branding would make the MP or M-A a more appealing choice for me but I can see why people are excited/enthusiastic about this new model.