Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica's and Rolleis are certainly keepers. I also have a Zeiss folder with a broken shutter. I still shoot film, and will continue to do so, especially in 35mm. Although I have plenty of hardware software, scanners and digicams, etc., sometimes it's just more convenient to drop off a roll and come back in an hour and have pictures and a photo CD of scans that are totally adequate for web presentation and making small prints. Plus, lately my passion has been making smaller prints -- including postcards -- rather than big prints. Regarding Rollei, I have a 35S and 2 TLRs. I use the 35 -- which is pretty convenient -- but haven't used the TLRs in a while. OTOH, there's a certain something in using a TLR that you'll never get with any modern camera. It's difficult to explain but those who've used them know what I'm talking about. That's what makes them classics and I'll never part with mine. I just have to be in a square mood to use them :-). The only other "classic" I have, if it can be considered such, is a Contax T2. I use BW00CN in the Rollei 35 and Porta UC in the Contax. The Zeiss is a conversation piece, just like my Focomat Ic, which I'm thinking about converting to a lamp for my den. The Focomat is a work of art. -----Original Message----- From: Kenneth Frazier [mailto:kennybod@mac.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:16 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Keeper cameras On Jul 18, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > In addition to Leicas and Rolleis, which older film cameras are > worth keeping?