Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I came in through the same door. Bought the CLE new old stock in 1987 and a 28 Elmarit and 90 'Cron that year. M6 followed in 1990 or 91. My bug really hit about 10 years after that. -rei On 04/23/2011 09:31 PM, afirkin at afirkin.com wrote: > Earliest Leica was the CLE with Leica 90c, minolta the rest of it. Bought > about 1986, when I got home from europe. M3 quickly followed, but it was > not till I turned 40 that the Leica bug really hit and from 1995 till now > I've been very keen on the cameras and lenses. Sold the CLE and sort of > regret it, don't think I've ever sold a Leica lens. Helen sold her R7 when > she moved to Olympus. > > Cheers > > Alastair > >> I'm just a Leica pup in this company. I only got my first M 6 years ago, a >> shiny chrome M6. I've traded and sold a number of bodies and lens but now >> have only the M9 and a selection of the very best of lenses. I miss my M7 >> that I shot and travelled the most with but M9's require sacrifice to >> fund >> and I have not shot any film for three or more years. 12,000 or more >> frames >> with the M8 and then M9 though. NEVER sell lenses. I bought back or >> replaced >> some I parted with. >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> >> *Life's not black and white, except at both ends* >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >> >> >> >> On 24 April 2011 09:44, Robert Baron<robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> In 1959 I was in high school in Rock Island, Illinois. I had a part time >>> job >>> in a camera store that was an authorized Nikon and Leica dealer. The >>> manager >>> and I took a 36 exposure roll of Kodachrome and ran it half through a >>> Nikon, >>> using a variety of Nikon lens, one shot wide open and one shot closed >>> down >>> with each. We then rewound the film and put it in a Leica, wound it >>> forward >>> and repeated the exercise using Leica lenses. The Leica results were >>> clearly superior. >>> >>> So I bought an M3 with a 50mm 1.5 Summarit. I was the only one in my >>> high >>> school who had one<g> and I did pay for it out of my salary. >>> >>> Since then I've owned, used, bought and sold a variety of Leica gear. I >>> try >>> to stay happy with what I have. >>> >>> --Bob >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information