[Leica] Re: Gear I wish I'd kept

[marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)]

The only camera I have sold which I have come to 
bitterly miss was a Prewar Voigtl?nder Superb 
with a Heliar lens.  This was a wonderful camera 
with a wonderful lens.  Otherwise, I just hold 
onto cameras -- I have boxes and shelves loaded 
with the things.  For instance, I have an M6 
Wetzlar, an M3 DS, a IIIg, IIIf RDST and a 
IIIc.  I have a bunch of Contax RF and Contarex 
gear.  I have Rolleiflex TLR's coming out of the 
ears, and some Ikoflices as 
well.  Retinas.  Hasselblad.  Werras.  Prakticas. 
  Praktinas.  And more -- I even have some Canon 
stuff.  And the lenses!  Kifltt, Zeiss, Leitz, 
Kodak &c &c.  Teles, macro, micro, normal.  I 
have enough photographic gear to sink a small battleship.

Now, I tend to be conservative in my use of the 
gear though I have shot with all but a couple of 
my cameras.  Generally, I only use the Leica 
cameras, the 2.8GX and 2.8F Rolleiflex TLR's, a 
Werra III, and a couple of IIIc Retinas (one with 
JSK lenses and the other with Rodenstock).  On 
occasion I will pull out a Contarex Cyclops just 
for shits and grins -- it is a wonderful 
camera.  And I do regularly use my Hasselblad SWC 
though the 2000F tends to be used mainly for 
microphotography with Luminars and Photars.

Oh!  I do own a Rollei digital P&S.  I use it a 
bit but I still haven't figured out how to 
process the images.  Those chips get really soggy 
when you put them into the soup in the darkroom.  <he grins>

Marc


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