Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have recently joined the list and enjoy the roll call idea, so here goes. Chuck Wilber, 62 years old, an economist by profession, and an amateur photographer by avocation, where amateur means someone who does it for the love of it. I have been married for 42 years to the same wonderful woman, have seven children, all grown. I live in South Bend, Indiana started out in Portland, Oregon and have lived in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Ponce, Puerto Rico, London, UK, and Fremantle, Australia. I have also worked in Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. I have traveled throughout Europe and parts of Asia-- Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan. The work of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Eugene Smith inspired me the most and still fascinate me with the power of their images. I have a photography page on the web which I try to periodically change. It can be found at http://www.nd.edu/~cwilber/photo.html I used to have much more Leica equipment but in a fit of stupidity I sold most of it 10 years ago. My first Leica was a IIf, then a IIIG, then the usual assortment of M's until I had a M-6 with assorted lenses, my favorite being the then newish 90 summicron. My present gear: <bold><underline>Leica</underline></bold>: M4-2 w/ 35mm 2.0 plus left-over 50mm 2.0 and 90mm 4.0 screwmount lenses. I am looking for a 90mm 2.0 or 2.8. <bold><underline>Contax</underline></bold>: Contax T and Contax TVS. <bold><underline>Olympus</underline></bold>: OM-4T (2) with 24mm 2.8, 35mm 2.0, 100mm 2.0 and 50mm 2.8 Vivitar macro, 17mm 3.5 Tamron, 180mm 2.5 Tamron with 2X. <bold><underline>Pentax Screwmount</underline></bold>: Spotmatic F w/ 28mm 3.5, 35mm 2.0, 50mm 1.4, 120mm 2.8, 200mm 4.0. Charles K. Wilber Department of Economics (219) 631-5168 (219) 631-6973 FAX http://www.nd.edu:80/~cwilber