Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]1968 I bought my first Leica - the Leicaflex with the 50mm Summicron. Still have it and last used it with my last roll of Kodachrome in 2009. Bill in Denver On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Gary Pinkerton <gpinkcp at msn.com> wrote: > Thirty years this year for me. > No Ms though. > I traded everything I had for an 11 year old SL and a 50 Summicron. > Still have both, use all the time. > I've regretted most things I've sold, exceptions being trading in R bodies > 'til I arrived at my R8 bodies/DMR, selling my 250 to Jim Nichols (he's > already gotten far more good out of it than I ever could) > Biggest regret? Sold a 35 Summicron R, V2 for 300 bucks :( > > > Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:38:48 -0400 > > From: images at comporium.net > > To: lug at leica-users.org > > Subject: Re: [Leica] eighteen years a Leica person > > > > Well, it's been 31 years for me as a Leica user and I still have almost > > every Leica camera and lens that I ever bought. I regretted selling the > few > > I did sell, so I'm just keeping them and using them! > > 1 M3, 2 M4s, 6 M6s, 1 M7, 2 M8s, 1 M9 1 R6.2, 1 R8, 1 R9 and I have slept > > with them many, many times - usually in hammocks or sleeping bags. > > > > Tina > > > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > > > Eighteen years ago today a long time dream came true for me and I > became a > > > Leica shooter as I swung my first M6 though some financial accident > that I > > > forgot about. I was temporary financially unembarrassed. I'd gotten a > new > > > 50mm Summicron with it and still have both. > > > I used to swim laps every morning and with every stroke on the upswing > when > > > my face came out of the water I pre visualized a Leica M6. Every > morning > > > for months I'm sure. I was obsessed. Me shooting with one. It sitting > in > > > my > > > camera bag. It seemed like an impossible dream. That was 1993. > > > It was not until 1998 when I joined the LHSA Leica Historical Society > of > > > America with the simple act of sending in the subscription stub to the > > > Viewfinder Magazine. At my first meeting that year in Denver I met Tom > A. > > > smoking a pipe outside of a meeting hall and I said "what's going on in > > > there?" and he said "its a LUG meeting" and I said "what's a LUG > meeting?" > > > and within a year I was a registered LugNut posting hourly odd > ramblings to > > > the list ... As the tech guy when you call Hasselblad called us when I > > > called in there one day around then. > > > If you told me then that my Leica would be festering in my camera > chest > > > for > > > five years while I played with some other new technology I'd have > called > > > you > > > a damn liar to your face! But the world moves in mysterious ways. > > > So as it happened ten years after becoming a Leica M6 person I got my > first > > > digital SLR a D100 for $1699.95 2 July 2003 and it was all downhill > from > > > there. I do think its the most exciting time to be a photographer since > > > Daguerre got together with Ni?pce to see if they could improve > Ni?pce's > > > process resulting in Ni?pce dropping dead and Daguerre coming out > with > > > the > > > Daguerreotype in 1839; proving the importance of rubber gloves in the > > > darkroom and don't drink from an unlabeled beaker. > > > And that's the history of photography as it relates to me. > > > - I'm off to go make a Rabuerreotype. > > > > > > > > > -------------------- > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >