Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/02/04

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Subject: [Leica] Canon doesn't see it quite like Mark
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:43:06 -0600
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On Feb 4, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> You mentioned never having used a half-frame or "single-frame" camera.  I 
> have a Universal Mercury II with its rotary shutter and 35mm lens that 
> probably dates to the 1950s.  The lens is as sharp as the Leica offerings 
> of that time, and I have made excellent images with it.  Each device has 
> its place.

No doubt Jim.
Every "format" fascinates (me) for one reason or another.
The whole Minox, tiny, candid, spy, thing definitely interested me through 
the years;
just never enough to spend money on it. ;~)

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
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In reply to: Message from bensonga at gmail.com (Gary Benson) ([Leica] Canon doesn't see it quite like Mark)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Canon doesn't see it quite like Mark)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Canon doesn't see it quite like Mark)