[Leica] IMG: The Beginning

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks for the kind words, Al.  I had a IIIa with a 50/3.5 Coated Elmar, 
which, though limited by today's standards, gave me a lot more 
flexibility in choosing what images I could capture.  With the Brownie, 
it was a single shutter speed and aperture unless I wanted to spend 
money on flash bulbs.  As the kids came along, I often used the 
Leica/New York flash modification to the IIIa to capture indoor shots, 
but outdoors, the Leica shutter and Elmar made most pictures come out 
ok.  The Elmar was sharp, and the shutter made it easy to hand-hold the 
camera down to 1/4 second, and it went up to 1/1000.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/8/2015 1:49 PM, al crouch wrote:
> A very attractive shot, Jim.
> Looking back, did the Leica give you a quantum leap in the quality of your photographs?  Or just more settings to work with? 8=)
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> Sent: Jun 7, 2015 2:24 PM
>> To: "LUG at Leica-Users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>, Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG:  The Beginning
>>
>> When my wife and I settled into an apartment in Dayton, OH in 1951, I
>> was a raw USAF 2nd Lieutenant, with no car, and very little in the way
>> of possessions.  We had received a Kodak Brownie Flash 620 camera as a
>> wedding gift.  Our idle time was often spent walking in the Salem Avenue
>> neighborhood, and the Dayton Art Institute was within our path.  This is
>> one of my first photographs, scanned from an album print that was more
>> than 50 years old.  This is how it all began for me, and within a year I
>> had a used Leica IIIa and a growing love of photography.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Dayton+Art+Institute+1951+Revisited.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments welcomed.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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