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Subject: [Leica] Do you still have your first camera?
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:57:13 +0000
References: <4AF74BB4.2020404@telefonica.net> <28875943-C3EE-4F1E-8C64-C2FC2A8E360E@mac.com>

Tarek,

you reminded me of a camera that I had forgotten all about, a Praktica SLR 
with
built in licht meter with a CdS cell on the front. I enjoyed it a lot but got
to the stage where I wanted more, so when I graduated I traded it in for the 
SRT
101.

Peter

Tarek Charara wrote:
> My first "real" camera was a Paraktica L with a Domiplan 50/2.8... I was
> 14 when my grandparents gave me this camera as a christmas present. I
> remember it costing 199,00 DM. I was so happy about that present that I
> fainted... :-)
> It broke relatively fast and I borrowed a Foca for some time. The Foca
> was a french rangefinder camera:
> 
> <http://www.foca-collection.fr/>
> 
> The Foca is still somewhere at my parent's place, but I have no idea where.
> 
> I sold my first print for 25 French Francs in 1977. It was made with the
> (repaired) Praktica L. I was 16 then.
> 
> All the best from the south of France!
> 
> Tarek
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> Tarek Charara
> <http://www.pix-that-stimulate.com>
> 
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> 
> 
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Dr Peter Dzwig                          




In reply to: Message from felixmaturana at telefonica.net (FŽelix L—opez de Maturana) ([Leica] Do you still have your first camera?)
Message from tcharara at mac.com (Tarek Charara) ([Leica] Do you still have your first camera?)