Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Don and LUG fellows wishing me good luck with my new M6 adventure. Today/tomorrow will load my first roll and will give the shutter to go through the frames....:-) Will be posting my first images here on LUG/my website galleries for LUG judgement. Best, Alex Don Dory wrote: > Alex, > Congratulations and welcome to the saloon. Now, jam some film into that > camera and show us your world. Leica's were made to be abused err > used and > actually work better if you keep feeding them film, lots of film. With > about 1,000,000 frames until the shutter finally gives up the ghost > you have > your work cut out for you. :) > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > On 1/9/07, Alex <alex@zabrovsky.com> wrote: > >> >> Well, just received my so much anticipated M6 after nearly month of >> shipments and camera traveling from US to me (I'm in Israel). >> What a fine piece of craftmanship ! I'm so impressed..wow :-) >> I feel kind of fetishist grasping the camera in my hands with my >> Summicron 50mm/2 (latest version) attached, extremely solid feeling of >> simplicity yet robustness... >> >> I'm thankful to our fellow member Hank Kellner whose camera I happened >> to acquire on Ebay, it was a total pleasure to deal with this gentlemen, >> very rewarding experience corresponding with him. >> The camera arrived at least in the condition as described by him, if not >> even better...complete with entire set (strap, all papers, original box, >> batteries) exactly as described in his auction. >> >> Justy went through the manual making sure I understand the possible new >> user pitfalls, have yet loaded the film, but having ready the roll of >> Kodak 400CN to go through tomorrow...:-) >> It seems to be teh perfect tool to garsp my zone metering estimation >> skills. >> >> Hopefully will happily swamp my yet to born LUG gallery (and my personal >> site galleries) with my first Leica-made images.... >> >> Best and Happy New Year to all LUGers and families.. >> Alex >> Israel >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >