Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My father bought a Bolsey B2 around 1950 - I still have thousands of his slides, which are in remarkably good condition. I used the Bolsey for a while, then in the 60's I got a 2A Brownie for 116 film, which is still sitting here next to me with the little sticker taped to the back of it that says "Eastman Kodak Co. will not manufacture Verichrome-pan film in this size after 1974." I learned a lot about estimating exposures, etc., from the Brownie. Then I got a Voigtlander Bessa that I used until it just wore out, and in the late 70's I bought a Pentax Spotmatic outfit, pieces of which I still own. I didn't get my first Leica, a IIIc, until the late 90's. Now I have this plus a IIIa, an M2 and an M4-2. Richard