RE: [Leica] $12 buys a camera....Kyle, Are you serious???

["Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>]

I bought my Holga (aka the Leica H) to get those lovely, soft, fuzzy, artsy
images. Unfortunately it can produce damn good images - and great colour for
a plastic lens!

More info at:

http://www.davidniles.com/holga/

http://www.sightphoto.com/sightphoto/story/cuba/cuba.html

tim a

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffrey
> Peterlin
> Sent: April 24, 2000 12:40 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] $12 buys a camera....Kyle, Are you serious???
>
>
> Leica-H, AKA, Holga.
>
> Someday they will understand your humor Kyle.
>
> Jeffrey
> Boston, MA
>
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leica-h/
>
>
>
> --- Bill <m6rf@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Kyle,
> >
> > This is a joke, right?
> >
> > To the best of my knowledge, the Leica H story was a
> > spoof, and such
> > a camera does not exits.
> >
> > If by some chance it is for real, 120 film and
> > processing is
> > expensive, much more so than 35mm film.
> >
> > If the camera retails for $14.95, where can I buy
> > one?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> ................................................................
> > Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:07:11 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com>
> > Subject: [Leica] $12 buys a camera, a print, and
> > great personal
> > satisfaction
> >
> > Hey Lugnutz,
> >   Remember when Tina posted a while ago about The
> > Children's
> > Photography
> > Project of Guatemala? Nancy McGirr teaches
> > photography to
> > underprivilaged
> > children and was looking for donations. Well, the
> > gears have been
> > moving
> > in the background and freestylesalesco has offered
> > to sell the
> > project a
> > bunch of the famed leica-h models for $11 each.
> >
> >   Tina and I are having a print sale to raise money
> > for cameras. So
> > here's
> > the scoop. You send me a paltry $12, in return you
> > get an 8x10 print
> > and a
> > child in guatemala gets a camera.
> >
> >   Do you remember the person who gave you your first
> > camera and
> > showed you
> > how to use it? Think of that person and open your
> > wallet just a tiny
> > bit
> > to spread some of that same joy around.
> >
> >   We're talking the price of a lenscap or processing
> > for a single
> > roll of
> > film. You can't get an origional print for that
> > anywhere. Let alone
> > the
> > satisfaction of having done something very good. The
> > gift of a camera
> > is
> > much more than a physical object, it is an outlet
> > for creativity, it
> > stays
> > with a person forever and can change a life -- it
> > has certianly
> > changed
> > ALL of ours. To top it off, a print made from a
> > camera that you
> > bought for
> > someone might be touring a gallery near you.
> >
> >   Tina's prints are signed inkjets of the Lenica
> > Church Service seen
> > in
> > the LUG's April contest, Faith. My prints are pearl
> > finish RC copies
> > of
> > the West Philly Neighborhood shot seen in the March
> > contest. I'll
> > sign it
> > if you want. There are 10 prints of Tina's shot and
> > an unlimited
> > number of
> > mine. Please contact me _off list_ and specify which
> > print you'd
> > like.
> > Once Tina's run out, you won't have an option. If
> > you would like to
> > donate
> > MORE than $12, that's great, if you would like to
> > donate something
> > else,
> > that's great too. One thing we are looking for is to
> > book venues for
> > a
> > traveling exhibition. If you know a gallery, wall,
> > coffee shop, etc.
> > let
> > me know.
> >
> >   You can read more about Nancy McGirr's project
> > here:
> >
> >
> http://www.oneworld.org/media/gallery/guatemala/1.html
> >
> >   You can read more about the Leica-H here:
> >
> > http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/leica-h/
> >
> >   Nancy McGirr has published a book of her student's
> > photos, it's
> > available on Amazon for $19, all proceeds go to the
> > Project. The book
> > is
> > entitled Out Of The Dump.
> >
> >   Thanks for your time. Seriously for once,
> >
> >   Kyle
> >
> >
> >
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