[Leica] IMG: Tools from the Past

[Jim Nichols]

Hi Adam,

I started with a Leica IIIa and coated Elmar 50/3.5 bought used at Salem 
Camera Shop in Dayton, OH in 1952. I spent my USAF time at 
Wright-Patterson. The Leica was our family camera, and the kids grew up 
knowing the Leica name, so the IIIf was a natural graduation gift.  
Sorry you lost yours.

On 9/14/21 8:56 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote:
> Ohhh….so many memories. I bought one at Brooks Camera in SF back in 1968. I think I paid $200 with the extendable 50mm lens. It died a horrible death. I was climbing out of the weapons shipping hatch on Parch (SSN683) in Charleston, SC when it slipped off on the sloping hull and plummeted into the Cooper River. We fished for it a bit but it was surely toast about the time it reached the bottom.
>
> I learned so much about photography using it.
>
> Do get it spiffed up.
>
> Adam
>
>> On 2021 Sep  12, at 8:52 AM, Jim Nichols via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>
>> When my son graduated from high school, more than 40 years ago, we rewarded his interest in photography by getting him a used Leica IIIf.  It has been me for the past few years as he moved about.  I shipped it to him this past week, and he rewarded me with a nice image of the camera and lenses.
>>
>> As he reacquainted himself with the camera, he realized how much harder we worked for images in the years prior to digital cameras.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Camera_20210912.jpg.html
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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Jim Nichols
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