Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, May 6, 1997 7:02 AM, Paul Krzyzanowski <mailto:paul@research.bell-labs.com> wrote: >I joined the LHSA at the end of December 1996 and have yet to >receive a single issue. All I received thus far is a Leica >catalogue (which I found totally useless... just a collection >of classified ads). >Should I be expecting more? The regular LHSA newsletter is Viewfinder, which is lots better when it's not mostly taken up by coverage of the last get-together. Primarily aimed at the collector, it nevertheless does contain a tidbit here and there which might be of value to the user, and as a resource for finding folks who can restore or customize your gear, it's valuble. Also, I once wrote in a longish letter asking what all the fuss with the screw-mount Leicas was, if no one was using them to take pictures, and got back a very nice, thoughtful letter in reply. (In the end, I did manage to take a IIIc out for a shoot and was very grateful that we've advanced since that time :-) Lovely camera to behold; really a fuss to operate by today's standards! I don't have much urge to own a collection, myself, though I'm always happy to look at someone else's: Give me a mint-in-box MP, and I'll probably try to very quickly turn it into a slightly used M6 plus lenses, and a whole lotta money :-) Jeff By the way, I'd be most interested in hearing firsthand impressions from folks who owned Leica gear at around the time that the M3 was first introduced: Was it met with any hostility, as somehow being too un-Leica-like?