Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/16

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Subject: [Leica] Cameras I miss but don't miss...most
From: drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers)
Date: Thu Nov 16 07:25:41 2006

Hoppy wrote:

>>Camera Exchange didn't want to know about my Mamiya 645 I was looking
to sell.<<

Hoppy

Time for a little retrospective. Your mention of the Mamiya 645 reminded
me of just how much things have changed. I started thinking about
cameras for which I had a particular fondness. They are cameras I
sometimes wish I still owned. But I know that if I did own them I
wouldn't use them. 

For me it's the Mamiya 6MF. That was my camera of choice, and just about
the only one I used for a long period of time. Then one day I stopped
using it. I can't recall why, exactly, but I think it coincided with my
buying an LS-30 Coolscan about six years ago. That pushed me back to
35mm and my Leica M.

Eventually I sold the Mam6MF. I almost bought another one recently, but
I held back. The price was tempting but it's doubtful that I'd use it.  

Anyone else have a camera they miss but don't miss?





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