[Leica] Re: Getting into Leica

[54moggie at embarqmail.com (Robert Lilley)]

I'm sticking with my Leica IIIa because I've spent all my money digitizin'
the negatives.  By the way Marc, the proper IIIa Geiss Kontact flash sync
arrived and works like a charm - thanks for the instructions.  

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+54moggie=embarqmail.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+54moggie=embarqmail.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Leonard Taupier
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:05 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Getting into Leica

Oh Marc, You misunderstand. I don't dislike the IIIc. It's the only  
Leica camera I own that I actually carry in my jeans pocket when I go  
for a walk. But I can't tell an owner of an autofocus Nikon F5 system  
to sell it and buy a IIIc instead, especially with an add-on self  
timer and flash sync. I actually thought that part was a joke but I  
didn't see a smiley. I really admire your love of the older gear and  
the history behind it. And I read your book and like it. But you have  
to admit the IIIc and Contax II is not for everybody.

Oh, and I also have an M4.

Regards,
Len


On Oct 23, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Marc James Small wrote:

> At 06:40 PM 10/23/2007, Leonard Taupier wrote:
> >Marc,
> >
> >Did you read Justin's original post where he said
> >
> >"I'm looking for a good working camera, not a
> >collector's item."
> >
>
> <sigh>  You folks just love to bash the IIIc but it is the least  
> expensive and the most flexible of all Leica cameras.  Some hate it  
> for reasons which seem to me so very murky as to be really  
> obscure.  It is a great camera.  It can be had cheap.  It has  
> hundreds of add-ons and doo-dads.  I do not believe that anyone  
> "collects" the IIIc.  It is a tool, just like the wristwatch.
>
> If you have questions, pray, read my book on LTM camera lenses:  I  
> pretty honestly set out my adulation for the camera there.  Bear in  
> mind that I REALLY regard the Contax II as the ultimate P&S camera  
> but I also love the Leica IIIc.  Sunny 16 rules, of course.
>
> Marc
>
>
>
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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