Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Zeiss-Ikon SL706 with an Opton 1.8/50mm - one of the last really German SLR's. Built like a tank and a wonderful lens. The stop down gubbins got broken and couldn't be repaired. Douglas Nick Roberts wrote: > I'm currently selling off a lot of stuff I don't use enough. The one I > regret most is my M6, but it simply wasn't getting used any more - can't > sell the others, though, especially the M3 and the IIIf. Next most missed > is my Minolta XE-1 - but to make up for these, I've picked up my first R, > an R3. I think that might prove expensive... > > The camera I've regretted selling for the longest time is (whisper it > softly!) a Zorki 4K. > > Nick > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> > To: lug@leica-users.org > Sent: Wednesday, 4 July, 2007 3:53:15 PM > Subject: [Leica] Re: Gear I wish I'd kept > > > On Jul 4, 2007, at 8:21 AM, George asked: > > >> How about: gear you wish you would or could have kept? >> > > Leica Model 1 with 50 mm Elmar. The first Leica I ever owned. (Body > totaled in a car crash. I still have the lens.) > Contax 1. A beast of a camera, heavy, unergonomic, unreliable. But > great in a collection to contrast with a Leica. (Traded for a prewar > Leica IIIc with Summitar.) > Leica IIIc with Summitar (above). Used on honeymoon in the Jurassic > era. My wife and I are still married. The camera was stolen. > Robot 1. Ruined and rusted into a hulk by a leaky roof. I loved that > unique camera. Wind it on Sundays. Take pictures all week long. > Rollei 4x4. Sold to fix 1947 Plymouth. > > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out > more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. > http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >