Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Luddites, indeed! You bet I am, and proud of it! I use screw-mount Leicas (II(D) and IIIc), available light and used to take hand-held indoor pix with an Elmar f3.5 lens and Super-XX film (speed 100). My darkroom timers are clockwork, as is my watch, my ham radio and audio gear are filled with vacuum tubes and I deeply regret selling the Speedster and Morgan cars I had in the Fifties. I cheated once and bought a CL, enchanted by the built-in exposure meter, but now the meter has developed a sticky needle and the <bleeping> eco- freaks have eliminated mercury cells, so I have to smuggle them in from Europe. Being fully informed on the concepts of hyperfocal distance and the f16 rule, I'm very well served by my screwy old Leicas, thank you. Back to the Fifties! - -- "Start off every day with a smile and get it over with." --W.C.Fields Tom R. Rice tomrice@netcom.com