[Leica] New Leica User

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Good lord, you sound like one lucky SOB.

I'd advise NOT selling that 35 'cron, at least not
yet, because it is a terrific lens. There may come a
time when you'll really want it. If you really must
sell, list it here first, or go to the 'bay, or, what
the hell, tell me off-list what you want for it. I've
already got one, but I love that lens that much. I
doubt a camera store will give you anything like a
fair price for it, and you'd be out the cost of the
drive.

Post some shots!
Arche
--- Charlie Meyer <charlie@droolassicpark.com> wrote:

> OK, thirty years ago in college, I had a battered
> Nikon F, and then  
> only lusted after a Leica (due to some of Annie's
> Rolling Stone work  
> then with a M4), but the thought passed as I
> considered the price of  
> entry and that pesky habit of eating on a regular
> basis.
> 
> Fast forward to the present.  A few weeks ago,
> whilst rummaging  
> through my local Goodwill, I came upon a small pile
> of 35mm  
> cameras...including a 778XXX DS M3 with a 5.0cm f2
> collapsible chrome  
> Summicron, chrome MR, and a f2 3.5cm chrome
> Summicron w/ black  
> goggles...in Wetzlar leather cases.  I will admit
> that the initial  
> thought was selling the lot for a fast buck and
> buying whatever Steve  
> Jobs announces at MacWorld on Tuesday, but after a
> couple of rolls, I  
> just can't part with the M3.  Even had to rewind the
> old VHS tape of  
> the original Star Wars where Sir Alec as Obi Wan
> shows Luke Skywalker  
> a Jedi Light Saber 'Not as random as a blaster....a
> weapon for a more  
> civilized age'.  This is as close to winning the
> lottery as I can  
> recall.
> 
> As the token guy on the board of a regional Basset
> Hound Rescue, the  
> gals have always been nagging for photos, rightly so
> as these  
> waddling second-hand houndies don't find homes on
> their own.  I might  
> as well do things differently, as I always have, so
> I ran the rolls  
> through MalMart direct to CD and am frankly hooked,
> going back to  
> film in this digital era. (I know, don't send any
> film of anything  
> one truly values to MalMart....but my days of
> threading Tri-X on a  
> developing tank reel are in the distant past, and
> the darkroom stuff  
> has to be reacquired.) I toyed with some digitals,
> but they all seem  
> flimsy and plastic.
> 
> The original black wax 'gothic L' indicates that a
> CLA is in order  
> (also, the slow speeds are off on the slow side, but
> a few rolls made  
> the smooth smoother).  Everything else is smooth and
> the camera is in  
> good looking shape (a few light bright marks from
> the MR/a bit of  
> lost black paint inside the bottom cover/no
> vulcanite loss), and one  
> slight scratch on the barrel of the 3.5cm Summicron.
>  The camera  
> ready case shows some wear, but the 3.5cm Summicron
> leather case  
> looks really nice.  That Summicron still has a
> slight, non-hardened  
> bead of lubricant on the body end.
> 
> I am thinking of parting with the wide lens/goggles
> and maybe the RM  
> (and sending the Canon A1, Oly XA2, and Oly 35RL to
> KEH) to finance  
> some of Sherry Krauter's handiwork on the M3, and
> finding a 90mm as  
> well.  Are there any suggestions on selling this
> stuff and doing what  
> is best for the M3/50mm?  Appalachia isn't exactly
> the best market, I  
> assume.  I'm not adverse to driving to DC/Balmer,
> etc to do an in  
> person sale.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Charlie
> 
> 'Guess I am a pirate, two hundred years too late.
> Cannons don't  
> thunder, there's nothing to plunder, I'm an over 40
> victim of fate.'
>    -Jimmy Buffett
> 
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