Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/10

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nostalgia
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 22:06:09 -0600
References: <1a2b58a5-6966-2ead-0674-c79e10047879@lighttube.net> <BDF92539-A80D-4CAC-A9E8-94C1DBB5BCC5@gmail.com>

Thanks, Steve.  I'm glad I'm not alone. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/10/2016 9:58 PM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>> On Nov 10, 2016, at 7:44 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> At 86, I'm probably a generation ahead of most LUGGERS,  except for Dr. 
>> Ted, Larry and Herb.  I bought my first Leica in 1952, before the M 
>> existed, and I've never owned an M or R.  I started with a used Leica 
>> III, from 1935, which had been converted by the factory to a IIIa.  That 
>> was my standard for a small camera.  As my small contribution to an OM 
>> list discussion, I posted this image, made this morning.
>>
>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=21072
>>
>> While Micro 4/3 is the favorite system with many people today, I still 
>> lean toward the size of the Barnacks.  Consequently, I have enjoyed the 
>> Fuji offerings and will probably remain in that camp. While I have 
>> mentally compared the Fuji X-E1 and the Leica IIIf, I had not put them 
>> side by side until today.  Not too different, wouldn't you say?
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>
> I totally agree Jim, my wife uses the XE-1. I used it as well, we both 
> love it,
>
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>
> steve
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] IMG: Nostalgia)
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