[Leica] IMG: There Was a Time ........................

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Lluis.  And, I still have them, after 66 years.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 9/6/2018 6:03 PM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> Very nice images Jim, specially the first and the last ones
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> LLuis
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>> El 6 set 2018, a les 18:25, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va escriure:
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>> There was a time when I used Leica gear exclusively, albeit bought used.  My first real camera was a Leica IIIa (originally a III, factory converted to IIIa), to which Leica New York had added a flash synch baseplate and flash gun, flash bulbs only.
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>> As a young USAF Lieutenant, stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, I explored the camera shops and pawn shops in Dayton.  In the basement of the Salem Camera Shop, near the intersection of Salem and Lexington, was a used camera shop run by a real character named "Trader" Horn.  Since it was close to our apartment, I visited the shop frequently, and, finally bought the Leica IIIa, complete with a coated Leica Elmar 50/3.5.  It was my only camera for several years.  It produced wonderful images. But, as my family grew, and my eyes got older, I started looking for a more friendly viewing system.  Finances would not allow me to consider the Leicas of that era.  So, I strayed.
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>> I did buy a used Leica IIIf as a graduation gift for my youngest son, because he had an interest in photography.  He still uses a Panaleica.
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>> Here are three images from 1952, all made with my Leica gear.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070810-Art+Institute+1952.JPG.html
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070708-Wide-Gear+Monocoupe+Dayton+OH+04+52.JPG.html
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20070706-Vicki+at+the+Piano+52.JPG.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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