Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/23

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Thread Mount Camera Poll
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Thu Sep 23 01:14:44 2004

Voigtlander Bessa L with VL 15 mm Heliar here.
After the first roll I shot I decided to tape the back door. Didn't seem
lighttight.

> From: Kenneth Frazier <kennybod@mac.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:41:11 -0400
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Thread Mount Camera Poll
> 
>> Who still uses their LTM camera?
>> 
>> And which camera or cameras, lens or lenses do you like to use?
> 
> Ken Frazier, IIIf, RD, 50mm summarit, 35mm VC color skopar (great
> results with this lens!), and I use it for everything since I carry it
> with me nearly all the time.  Comfortable, never had a problem loading
> film (I trim down several rolls at a time so I always have a roll ready
> to load.  I made a template out of a steel ruler and use an x-acto
> knife.  Works great!), compact.  What else do I want?
> 
> There is something about the "feel" of this camera that is unlike any of
> my other cameras, and they don't "feel" bad.  They just don't have the
> "hand" of the IIIf.
> 
> Love it!
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