[Leica] Minox 35mm cameras

["Robert E. Woods" <woorob@email.msn.com>]

I am fairly new to the list, and was waiting to submit something as a test.
The Minox 35 discussion is as good a place to start as any, I suppose.

I've been an avid photographer since high school, and have now owned quite a
few cameras including several Leicas.  About 15 years ago I bought a Minox
35 to use while skiing, as a Leica (even a rangefinder) was too bulky for
the kind of skiing I do.  My Minox pictures have been uniformly excellent,
so much so that it has displaced my Leica M6 as my most commonly used
camera!  The camera has taken a lot of abuse and hard use in extreme weather
conditions, and always worked perfectly until just recently, when the
shutter started to hang up.  I sent it in to Don Goldberg for a $65 repair.

So you can see I am a BIG fan of Minox 35s, and personally would never be
without one.  I just bought an R8, but no matter how good it is I doubt I
will ever use it as much as the Minox given its weight and bulk.

Robert E. (Bob) Woods
28 North Deep Lake Road
North Oaks, MN 55127-6506
651-484-0931 (home)
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