Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com>wrote: >There is a little wheel above the viewfinder of the Nikon that is used to >move the lens into focus but after testing that and a Leica M3, each with a >complement of lenses (this was circa 1960 while I worked in a camera store) >I decided on the Leica and never looked back. >I was the only kid in my high school class with an M3! >--Bob ========================================================================= As a student in 1969, I had a (used) Nikon S2, since I couldn't afford a Leica. but the month after I got my permanent job at the university I bought a mint M3 with 50 collapsible Summicron and it was heaven using that camera for the next 40 years. I'd still use it if I had a darkroom for processing film (but the lenses are utilized). Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amagayneroshak at gmail.com <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt