Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the take-up sprockets.claws on the receiving cylinder are brittle and break easily. Have fun :-) AMiti?s Philippe Le 14 janv. 13 ? 08:32, Gary Benson a ?crit : > Getting back to the topic of the original post..... > > I've never had a desire to own a gold Leica, but I did just win the > bid for > a R3 Safari Edition, supposedly in new condition with all original > packaging etc for approximately 1/10th the asking price for that gold > Leica. I do plan to run a few rolls of film thru it each year, > along with > my R8 and R6.2. > > Any other R3 owners here still using their cameras? Issues I should > be > aware of etc? > > Gary Benson > Eagle River, Alaska > > > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:51:58 -0000 > From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> > Subject: [Leica] R3 owners.... > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > Message-ID: < > F7340A293BFA4903A1B908AD5FF14ED5 at Family> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I put an old camera up (not an R3) on eBay today and needing to sip > some > dessert wine and a piece of Roquefort with an accompaniment decided > to have > a look at my ad and see what else of interest was up there. I looked > at film > cameras from highest price to lowest. It seems there are a lot of > optimists > out there! > > On the R3 front, is it an investment or more a case of buy some gold > paint? > http://tinyurl.com/aktl4vw > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint Exup?ry in Le Petit Prince.