Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/14

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Subject: [Leica] new camera and a portrait of Jan
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Sun Sep 14 14:00:51 2008
References: <auto-000135063976@fe-2.cluster1.bresnan.net>

Very sweet  :-)
Happy for both of you.
I like the "softness" and delicacy of her gesture, and of the photo you 
took: beautiful!
A very lucky man you are indeed.
Phx
.

lkhermann wrote:

> Dear LUG,
>
> Yesterday I was surprised and delighted that my wife, when told that I 
> had seen a neat old Leica at the used camera store, said  "that is 
> pretty cheap, you should buy it. "   Perhaps she has been broken by 
> purchases of an M8 and Summilux lenses etc.  Not wanting any change of 
> plan, I took her to the store and she bought the camera for me.  She 
> did say that she had purchased many clothes for more.  The camera 
> seems in very good shape, but what blows me away is the quality of a 
> 74 year old lens at f2 when attached to the M8.
>
> A portrait of Jan, iso 640 and f2, Summar 50mm lens.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/recent/Summar+f2+Jan.jpg.html
>
>
> Here is the camera, wow.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/recent/Leica+III+Summar.jpg.html
>
>
> Camera and lens are only two years older than me.
>
> Hope you enjoy.
> Lee
>
>
>
>
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