[Leica] New Leica User

[chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)]

Where did you say this good will was??
Chris


At 01:34 PM 1/6/2007, you 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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