Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:39 PM 12/16/2008, Jim Nichols wrote: > >I hope you enjoy another fine camera from the past. Your examples indicate >that the Biotar produces nice results. I had, at one time, a very early >version of that camera series, which did not have a removable lens. Jim For the life of me, I cannot figure out what camera that would have been. All of the Prakticas which I can recall had removeable lenses, M40 through the War and then M42, later picked up by the Contax S line. There were some miniature-format folders with non-removeable optics but none of these, to my fairly certain knowledge, had the 2/5.8cm or 2/58mm Biotar. So I am at a bit of a loss. Earlier this evening, my wife and I watched one of the newish Miss Marple Mysteries on DVD and, early on, one of the characters was giving a slide-show talk about an arctic expedition. His slide projector was clearly a Leitz Prado of some sort, and the slides were clearly medium-format, but I could pick no further details from the DVD. I used to own a bunch of these fefore I simplified my life and sold them, replacing them with that ultimate tank, a Kiev 66, a most efficient answer to the standard projection of standard MF slides. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!