[Leica] Your First Leica? M4-P

[Mark Kronquist]

T'was 1983 and I was a poor Linfield College student and yearbook editor and newspaper shooter when some idiot broke into my apartment and stole my whole Minolta Kit…as I recall, several SR-Ts, Xe’s Xgs and lenses from 16-500mm motors Honeywell 682s kit etc  State Farm paid off quickly and to my satisfaction and Don Leap ex Leica rep and Citizen’s Photo employee turned the whole check into ONE CAMERA, a 50 Summicron, a used Mr-4 meter and a used Hektor 135  had to relearn photography Still have it  Still use it (has HP5 in it now! May take it for a COVID walk ) Mark K in PDX (well Stayton Castle

> On Apr 7, 2020, at 3:06 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> Richard,
> 
> Since I recently turned 90, I'm a generation ahead of most of you folks, except for Dr. Ted.  My first Leica was purchased at the Salem Camera Shop in Dayton, OH in 1952, a Leica III that had been factory-converted to a IIIa, equipped with a coated Elmar 50/3.5. I still have it, but it is badly in need of refurbishment.  I have no intention of selling it.
> 
> On 4/7/20 4:26 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>> Just idle wondering, how many people still have their first Leica? and if
>> you still have it, is it one of those "I will never sell my first love, or
>> any Leica", or "I can let it go, but why?"
>> 
> -- 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> 
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