Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/04

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Gear I wish I'd kept
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Wed Jul 4 08:16:34 2007
References: <200707041221.l64CKjxT047539@server1.waverley.reid.org> <202D7191-D579-4AA8-9D68-91A1C7547A9D@optonline.net>

Leica M2 SS late ser #
Abrahamsson M2 rapidwinder
Nikon F3 HP
Nikon F4
my first Crown Graphic
Pentax LX
Zeiss Ikonta 520/2
Zeiss Super Ikonta A
Mamiya Six (folder)


Phil




On Wednesday 04 July 2007 10:53, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
> On Jul 4, 2007, at 8:21 AM, George asked:
> > How about: gear you wish you would or could have kept?
>
> Leica Model 1 with 50 mm Elmar. The first Leica I ever owned. (Body
> totaled in a car crash. I still have the lens.)
> Contax 1. A beast of a camera, heavy, unergonomic, unreliable. But
> great in a collection to contrast with a Leica. (Traded for a prewar
> Leica IIIc with Summitar.)
> Leica IIIc with Summitar (above). Used on honeymoon in the Jurassic
> era. My wife and I are still married. The camera was stolen.
> Robot 1. Ruined and rusted into a hulk by a leaky roof. I loved that
> unique camera. Wind it on Sundays. Take pictures all week long.
> Rollei 4x4. Sold to fix 1947 Plymouth.
>
> Larry Z
>
>
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Replies: Reply from summicron at comcast.net (Frank F. Farmer) ([Leica] Re: Gear I wish I'd kept)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Gear I wish I'd kept)