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Subject: [Leica] I’m Back — a Re-Introduction
From: frank at f3documentaryphotography.com (Frank Farmer)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 19:31:06 -0600
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I?ve regretted selling two cameras: Leica M6TTL (my first real Leica) and my 
Nikon FM2n (my first real camera). Funny thing, I?ve never regretted buying 
one!  ;-)

Frank F. Farmer
F3 Documentary Photography, LLC
Post Office Box 4878
Jackson, Mississippi 39296-4878
601.613.3769

> On Dec 13, 2017, at 4:34 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Welcome back, Frank.  I have regretted every Leica I've ever sold so I quit
> selling them.  Glad you are back in the fold.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Frank <frank at 
> f3documentaryphotography.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Dear LUG,
>> 
>> After quite a long hiatus, I?m signing back on to the LUG. Glad to be 
>> back.
>> 
>> I left a number of years ago when I sold most of my Leica kit to fund the
>> switch to digital (Canon first, then Nikon). I kept my trusty M3 and 50
>> Summicron (11817) and periodically pulled it out, but the longer I was 
>> away
>> from film, the longer the intervals between trips out with the M3 became. 
>> I
>> was effectively Leica-less.
>> 
>> After years shooting with Nikons semi-professionally (just for fun
>> nowadays as the demands of my real job got in the way), the Leica calling
>> got louder and louder in my head. So, earlier this year, and for the 
>> second
>> time in my life, I put most of my Nikon kit on the block to fund the
>> purchase of a new M system: a M10, a 35 ?cron, and a 90 ?cron.  This is
>> going to be fun.
>> 
>> Anyway, I?m looking forward to seeing many old e-mail friends on the list,
>> and new names, too.
>> 
>> Pleasure to make all of your acquaintances.
>> 
>> Smile!
>> 
>> Frank F. Farmer
>> Jackson, Mississippi
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
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