[Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya

[allen.graves at charter.net (Allen Graves)]

My first camera was a Mamiya Sekor 1000 DTL with the 50 f2, bought 
from a pawnshop in Columbus GA for $50 in about 1970. The troops 
returning to Fort Benning from their little  SE Asian trip brought 
back a lot of Pentaxes and Nikons and pawned them as well but they 
cost too much for a high school kid- maybe $100-150 with lens.

I still have fond memories of that camera, but it was LOUD.

Allen


>There was a DTL as well. It had both a spot meter and an averaging meter
>(with a slide switch to go from one to another).
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>Jeffery Smith
>New Orleans, LA
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>[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Peter
>Klein
>Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:13 PM
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>Subject: RE: [Leica] Re:Bye Bye Mamiya
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>The first SLR I tried was a friend's Mamiya-Sekor 500 TL (or was it
>DTL?).,I used it for a couple of months.  It took decent pictures, but
>seismographs all over New England trembled every time I pressed the shutter.
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>So I must admit to a bit of sentiment for Mamiya, too.
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>The 500 TL was quickly supplanted by a Canon TL/QL, which was in turn
>replaced by a Leica M2.  That was the keeper.
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>--Peter
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>At 07:47 PM 4/22/2006 -0700, "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>>My very first 35mm camera was a Mamiya-Sekor 500TL with a 50/2 lens.
>>Back then, they were distributed by Ponder and Best. I'll always have a
>>special place in my heart for my Mamiya.
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