Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave I do believe you may have started a thread ;-) I picked up the Mamiya 645e off the Bay. The results are excellent, with the obvious advantage of the bigger transparency. But now it sits in the cupboard unused. It's just that M's are a full time occupation. The rangefinder type medium formats seem to be the only subset of 120 stuff here that has a mini following. Crazy isn't it? Still at least we are using film in manual focus cameras with the M's, we haven't really betrayed the cause. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of David Rodgers Sent: Friday, 17 November 2006 01:26 To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] Cameras I miss but don't miss...most 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? _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information