[Leica] New to Group

[John <bosjohn@mediaone.net>]

Hello!,
I have just subscribed to this e-mail list.  I have been a Leica user since my
first lllg in 1957.  It was second hand and had a 50mm Summitar and a 50mm
bright line finder of all things in the accessory shoe. I have been using
Leicas ever since, well mostly.  I also all sorts of different cameras, but I
always come back to the Leica.  I just love the way it goes buzz whir and
click.  I just bought an other M2-S (self timer) as we call it here in the
U.S., but it needed a CLA so I must wait to try it.  The M2 is my favorite M
Camera.  With the Leicas I shoot almost all b&w.  I use four hundred speed
HP5+ or Tri-x exclusively and have learned to live without a meter.  

I have done some for pay photography shooting interiors and products for
online catalogs. I am basically, however an amateur photographer.  I have some
of my photos on my web site if anyone cares to check it out.  All the chess
photos except the color one were taken with Leicas, mostly a lllc and an M3. 
On the Fine Photography page the photo of the pregnant woman and the b&w photo
of the open door were taken with lllc with an uncoated 90mm for the woman, and
I don't remember the lens for the door, but I think it was a coated Elamr 50mm.

I have been following the discussion about whether or not one can tell if a
photo was made with Leica lens.  I think this might be possible with slides. 
I vaguely recall the conventional wisdom (folk Leica lore) in the 60's had
Leitz balancing their lens coatings for slide film while the Japanese were
balancing for Color negative film.  Maybe.  Anyway my Leica slides seem cold,
but I would not now be able to go back through all my slides and say with any
certainty which camera lens made the exposure.  I know my Retina with the
Schnider is somewhat like a built in 81a filter, very warm.
John
http://sites.netscape.net/bosjohnusa/homepage