Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Re: 1955 "Leica Schule"
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 14:17:01 -0500

At 02:03 PM 31-01-98 -0500, you wrote:
>I went to the "Leica Schule" in 1955 and then arranged to have the course
>repeated at the US Army hospital in Frankfut/M. in 1956.  The Wetzlar School
>was a great experience.  We sat around a table and were taught  by Julius
>Behnke an outstanding  teacher and great photographer.  We went through the
>factory and  the manufacturing processes for cameras and lenses were
explained
>in great detail. In addition to the class lectures,  we were given  M3s to
use
>and went around wetzlar and  made  B&W photographs which were processed and
>discussed...  I would go back in a minute if the opportunity arose.

There's an expression which probably applies here: "You can't go home again."

Dan C.