Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A lovely piece of timeless design and engineering. I had a IIIf when I lived in Brussels in the 90s. Now my film Leica is an M2, roughly my age (60). Also lovely in every respect. I just shot a roll of Fuji Acros in it. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 26 Jan 2021, at 19:06, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > > Sitting at home in more or less confinement, I started looking through my > images for ones that seemed significant. This one caught my eye. It was > taken about 13 years ago, but has much more history. I began to get the > photography bug in 1951, but could only afford a Kodak Brownie. As a young > USAF Lt. with a wife to support, new photo gear was a dream. I spent some > of my free time in Trader Horn's used camera area of the Salem Camera Shop > near our apartment in Dayton, Ohio, watching for a buying opportunity. I > finally found a used Leica IIIa with a new focal plane shutter and a > coated Elmar 50/3.5 lens that I couldn't resist. Researching the serial > number told me it probably started life around 1934 as a Leica III, and > was later factory converted to a IIIa with the addition of a top shutter > speed of 1/1000 of a second. > > This camera introduced me to a life-long hobby that has taken me through a > number of cameras and systems, but, the quality of its images was first > class. The early images are just as sharp as the ones I make today. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210126-2006_0219LeicaIIIa0003small.JPG.html > > Polished up in Lightroom and Photoshop. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ >