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Subject: [Leica] a nice gift at a sad time
From: ruben at rhodos.dk (Ruben Blædel)
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:01:18 +0100
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thank you Tina !
On 04-02-2013 23:50, Tina Manley wrote:
> What a wonderful story.  I hope your father-in-law will be around long
> enough to regret giving up his precious Leica.  I also hope you will use it
> and pass it on to your kids.  It's one of the few cameras that could last
> through 3 or 4 generations.
>
> Best of Leica light!
>
> Tina
>
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Ruben Bl?del <ruben at rhodos.dk> wrote:
>
>> My father in law is 88 years old and has worked as a doctor almost all his
>> life in developing countries in Africa.
>> Before he was stationed in Ethiopia in the late 1950ties and just a few
>> months after my wife was born he bought a Leica M3 with a Summicron 50 mm
>> 2.0 with near field specs and a Leica meter. That Leica followed him to
>> Ethiopia and later to Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. It was serviced at Leica
>> a couple of times due to fungi and other "illnesses" from being in the
>> humidity of the tropics but is in really good condition. All pictures of 
>> my
>> wife and her brothers growing up in Africa was shot with that wonderful
>> camera.
>> This weekend I visited my father in law together with my wife and my two
>> daughters
>> We had not seen him for a 5 weeks since as he needed peace trying to
>> recover from two cancer operations.
>> He was very weak but insisted on sitting with us for a cup of tea.
>> I lost my father last year so I know what is going trough my wifes and
>> children's heads - all the questions they would like to ask - the fear of
>> loosing him etc.
>> It was tough trying not to show him how worried we all are.
>> He is due for another surgery Thursday and the odds are not to good
>> At the end of our visit he need to rest but just before we left he called
>> me and asked me if I would go into his study and fetch a box on his desk
>> I had no idea  what was going on, but i did bring the box to him, and he
>> opened it and asked me If I would like to have his Leica because he 
>> thought
>> that I would be the one that could bring it to good use.
>> I was very proud and honored - and yet very sad because it felt like by
>> accepting this great gift from him, I also realized  that it might be his
>> way of saying that he would not be around for much longer - I guess 
>> doctors
>> have a way of knowing these kind of things.
>> I feel the best way I can show my gratitude is by bringing it to good use
>> and shoot some beautiful pictures - I have not used analog for a while - 
>> at
>> work I no longer use slides but a Canon 5d 3 with - but I still have some
>> rolls of Efke B&W 25 ISO film - I actually look forward to use analog 
>> again
>> and especially with the close focus ability of the 50 summicron.
>> It might not be right away - but I will post a link when I get some film
>> through the old M3
>> Have a lovely evening
>> Ruben
>>
>>
>>
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>



In reply to: Message from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] Salutation)
Message from ruben at rhodos.dk (Ruben Blædel) ([Leica] a nice gift at a sad time)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] a nice gift at a sad time)