Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the opportunity, Alastair. Mark Viehman and Helen Mackay 35, 36 (and happier by the day) Living in Melbourne, Australia--a transplanted American, she's a Kiwi (hey, Alastrair, we're neighbors in Saint Kilda) Economist, working for BHP Divorced, happily living in sin. Helen's birthday present was an R5. (how practical!) We're both provisional members of the Melbourne Camera Club (where we've learned a lot of humility) I don't drive, can't get used to the "wrong side of the road"-- I use public transport and get driven by Helen Learned photography in my teens using my dad's IIIf-- I had no idea how spoiled I was. I am now convincing (or attempting to) him that the best possible use of it is for me to have it restored and for me to use it. Otherwise, we use our two R5's, with an ever-growing menagerie of lenses we pick up second-hand. I fantasize about getting that M-something body someday, but am frightened about the prospect of how that lens menagerie will have to double in size. I happily lurk and hear what you guys have to say. Cheers! Mark