Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/10
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Congratulations Mike! I think you will grow to love these things....But
give it time, the handling is different, so you may feel slow at first.
That will pass soon....I would argue that much of the best 35mm photograpy
in the world was shot with these little cameras...and much still is!
Best wishes
Dan States
>
>Thanks to Stephen Gandy, I took delivery on a very pretty Leica IIIf
>"Barnack camera" today. As always I'm surprised anew by how small the
>screwmounts are--they seem smaller than, say, point'n'shoots of similar
>volume because of their elongated shape, miniaturized controls, and wee
>little viewfinder windows. The one Stephen sent is exceptionally clean,
>almost without signs of age.
>
>The lens doesn't arrive until Friday, but I look forward to augmenting
>my camera experience with some time spent shooting this antique. It
>looks so lovely that I may have to violate my longtime rule ("one camera
>at a time") when the time comes for it to move over to make room for
>something else.
>
>Thanks to the many Luggers who took the time to share their experience
>of LTM with me, on and off-list.
>
>--Mike
>
>
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