Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quoth the Jan Decher : > Is there a Leica list for analog only, classic Leica users, where > the newest gear is not necessarily the best? That'd be us. (well, not "analog only" but for damn sure "analog included") Welcome aboard, let's talk. It's THAT time of year again and we're all drooling over the potential new toys a lot of us can't afford, can't justify, or value our loving family relationships too much to buy (imagine a thousand 4- year-olds with an FAO Schwarz catalog)... but if you just wipe your monitor off before you read and give it a couple weeks to settle down, you'll find probably the greatest living assemblage of analog rangefinder talent AND general-purpose picturemaking skill in the world on tap right here, delivered straight to your computer as often as you like. (Along with, of course, generous helpings of war stories, tall tales, and other forms of ... call it "entertainment") You got questions, we got answers. You got answers, we got questions. (We also got people who can provide Non-Leica advice on Single Malts, Hats, vintage cars, musical instruments and equipment, stereo systems, pipes and cigars, other forms of alcohol, boats, trains, planes, modern musical groups, book publishing, firearms, dogs and urban kitty rescue, the fine art of levitation, and Dog only knows what else. I can also personally contribute an entire range of dumb looks and smartass comments as needed...) We don't have a zoologist yet, however, though we DO include some really fine critter shooters, so there's a place just waiting for you. (We could probably use an entomologist now and again, too, if you know any...) My personal kit includes (among way too many others) a pair of M4P's that go with me everywhere (one of which has been carefully trained not to accept anything but HP5) and a poorly made but much loved Kiev 4AM with FP4 for fun, and pride-of-place-because-newest, a gorgeous zeroimage 120 panoramic pinhole. (I have a bunch of other stuff I use when needed. I don't collect cameras, I just seem to acquire them.) The darkroom's got a 23c and a 45MCRX (which may be older than I am, I'm not sure... it's the old battleship grey model) and a freezer full of film and paper of various shapes and sizes... -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request