Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 Philip Forrest <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> wrote: > I also regularly carry around either a Diax IIa or an Adox Adrette II > with 50mm Xenon lens for compactness. > ...snip > Lately I have become enamored with Nikon rangefinders. > ...snip > Now I find myself fantasizing about shooting an S2 with a > 50mm f/1.4 lens. Not a lofty goal and not the pinnacle of Nikon RF's > either. > I'm not a collector. I'm a user and abuser. My cameras get beat up > unless I don't like them in which case they don't get used and then get > sold. My feelings are that a support group is almost necessary for this > hopeless addiction to incredible mechanical tools like these cameras. > Apologies for the OT ramble. > Phil Forrest _______________________________________________________________________ I've got the same addiction, especially to RF cameras. In 1970 I had a Nikon S2 with 50 1.4 that I stupidly sold, but have acquired a Konica III, Retina IIa, Olympus XA, Realist 35(Diax?), Olympus 35RC, Canonet, Ansco Super Speedex (120) , Voigtlander Bessa II (120), and 4x5 Speed Graphic in addition to my Leica stuff. My best-selling picture ever was taken with the Konica III, which I bought used from a college student for $10.00 (it wasn't working). Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/