Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, I love the Rolleis as well. Had a Rollei T 30 years ago and sold it. It was one of those things I really missed. So two years ago I picked up a mint T for a good price. Sure I would like a 2.8F but that little 3.5 Tessar is still pretty good. Still have my Hassey as well. Don't use them as much as my Ms and Nikons but won't get rid of them either. Len On Nov 16, 2006, at 7:10 PM, G Hopkinson wrote: > Good for you Douglas. Actually by here, I meant in Australia. I'm > not giving up on the 120 film cameras, I just want a good > Rolleiflex! Sadly so do many others. > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Douglas Sharp > Sent: Friday, 17 November 2006 09:51 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameras I miss but don't miss...most > > Hoppy, > A quick glance to the left of my desk and I see a Rollei 6006 and a > Zeiss Ikoflex - some of us still do MF square stuff too. Projected, > the > slides are astounding - but, after digital (20D), it's really only Ms > and R's that get taken out regularly, mostly to fill in the wide angle > gap left by digital multiplication factors. > Cheers > Douglas > I'm still enjoying the flood of high quality manual focus glass > hitting > the s/h market at rock bottom prices - if I do find a nice 3003 - > sorry > Alastair, Oz is a bit far to go, and I only buy things photographical > that I can see, feel, hear and smell, otherwise yours would be gone > in a > flash - at least I'll have a nice set of lenses for it. Then again, a > nice RTS III might turn up too, who knows. :-) > > > G Hopkinson wrote: >> Dave I do believe you may have started a thread ;-) >> I picked up the Mamiya 645e off the Bay. The results are >> excellent, with the obvious advantage of the bigger transparency. >> But now >> it sits in the cupboard unused. It's just that M's are a full time >> occupation. The rangefinder type medium formats seem to be the >> only subset of 120 stuff here that has a mini following. Crazy >> isn't it? >> Still at least we are using film in manual focus cameras with the >> M's, we haven't really betrayed the cause. >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On >> Behalf > Of >> David Rodgers >> Sent: Friday, 17 November 2006 01:26 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] Cameras I miss but don't miss...most >> >> >> Hoppy wrote: >> >> >>>> Camera Exchange didn't want to know about my Mamiya 645 I was >>>> looking >>>> >> to sell.<< >> >> Hoppy >> >> Time for a little retrospective. Your mention of the Mamiya 645 >> reminded >> me of just how much things have changed. I started thinking about >> cameras for which I had a particular fondness. They are cameras I >> sometimes wish I still owned. But I know that if I did own them I >> wouldn't use them. >> >> For me it's the Mamiya 6MF. That was my camera of choice, and just >> about >> the only one I used for a long period of time. Then one day I stopped >> using it. I can't recall why, exactly, but I think it coincided >> with my >> buying an LS-30 Coolscan about six years ago. That pushed me back to >> 35mm and my Leica M. >> >> Eventually I sold the Mam6MF. I almost bought another one >> recently, but >> I held back. The price was tempting but it's doubtful that I'd use >> it. >> >> Anyone else have a camera they miss but don't miss? >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information