Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/faces/120720_171330.jpg.html or http://tinyurl.com/cp9vljc 120720_171330 7/20/12, 5:13:30 PM, Man with Alpa outside of the Guggenheim, 50.0 mm f/1.8D Nikkor Date: 07/20/2012 Four days ago it was Friday and I went to the Guggenheim to see some photos and other art and on the way out I saw this fellow photographing the building with his gorgeous Alpa I think 12 TC it has a 6x6 back on it. I could not resist approaching him and chatting him up but no English spoken by him and no Chinese spoken by me we were limited verbally but got on quite well none the less and he let me shoot his picture with his camera as you see here and he got a shot of both of us with a small camera. A real nice guy. And he liked some of my 5x7 prints I showed him it think that may have been what really did it. An enjoyable end to a nice outing at the Guggenheim. They should hand you a skateboard when you walk in and take you right up to the 6th floor in the elevator. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:31:19 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Alpa > > I remember fooling around with on in a camera store in the early seventies. > At that time I was shooting a Nikon F, and before that a Spotmatic, and the > Alpa was an ergonomic nightmare. A beautiful well made piece of fine Swiss > nightmare. Everything seemed to work either upside down or backwards from > any other camera in the world. The owner, a friend, recognised my > discomfort > and told me that he agreed, but it was so well made and the results were so > good, that he didn't care and used one. The lenses had a very high rating. > Like all things Swiss, it was beautifully made, but operation was a real > challenge. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lluis Ripoll > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:44 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Alpa > > Leo, > > Many, so many years ago... 40... a friend borrowed me for half a day > his Alpa, a lovely camera in his days, with Switar Optics, good > glass... Sincerely I don't remember precisely > > cheers > Lluis > > > El 25/07/2012, a las 0:37, Leowesson escribi?: > >> Hi all, >> >> Does anyone shoot with or collect >> Alpa 35mm? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Leo Wesson >> www.leowesson.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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