Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 25-01-00 03:13:13 GMT Standard Time, mrabiner@concentric.net writes: << I always wanted a square format 35mm camera with one of those crazy rotational shutters! >> Mark I bought one at a street market on a bridge in Paris a couple of years ago. As a boy I went to a church fete and, believe it or not, the guy doing the official photographs had one and I was fascinated. I forget how old I was but probably eight or nine. He showed me the wind-up motor and let me tag along whilst he did some of the photographs. It was him who got me hooked on photography, and when I was 14 I finally managed to persuade my mother (widow and poor) to buy me a camera (alas a Kodak 44A) for my birthday. That was 40 years and a lot of film ago. When I saw the camera I just couldn't resist but I have never used it and it sits in a cabinet. Yes, it has a clockwork motor drive and takes 24mm x 24mm (about 1") square images, but you forgot to mention the built-in right angle finder activated by a little slide on the top that moves a small mirror or prism in the viewfinder. Happy days! Gerry Gerry Walden (UK)