[Leica] Camera Porn

[Doug Herr]

I still have a pair of Leicaflex SLs & two R lenses: 60mm Macro-Elmarit-R and 280mm f/4 APO-Telyt-R.



> On May 5, 2025, at 11:27 AM, Dennis Kushner via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> I still have my Canon F1N although sold all of my
> pro lenses. Also my Pentax MX from 1977. I do have to sell my M6
> that I had CLA's & frames fixed & latest rangefinder 3 years ago.
> My medical use of oxygen makes it too difficult to do street shooting
> in NYC & Philly. Considering a Q3 monochrome to use nearby my home.
> 
> On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
>> Sonny,
>> I had a Leica M3 by 1965, long before I acquired one of the IIIFs (the
>> second was a pristine complete set I purchased from Luis a decade or so
>> ago), but I sold that, with three lenses, when I went digital, because, at
>> that time, 20 or so years ago, that was the only bit of kit that had any
>> monetary value! 🥴
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
>> On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> We had similar paths, Leica IIIf, Rollei, and Nikon F and F2.  My first
>> 35
>>> was an Agfa Silette SLE.  I was fifteen when I bought it at the Base
>>> Exchange at Rhein Main AFB.    It cost something like $250, and that was
>> a
>>> fortune earned by endless weekend and summer hours at a hotel restaurant
>> on
>>> base.  I still have it and it works, with not a bit of rust.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Sonny
>>> www.SonC.Com/Look
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 6:34 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
>>> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I was idling away my time photographing the few film cameras I still
>> have
>>>> with me as a record as they are all taking turns on going for a CLA -
>>> which
>>>> entails a six month round trip to Asit Latif at Kolkata. All but two of
>>> my
>>>> hoard are here. The missing ones are a Mamiya 645E and a Canon VI,
>>> because
>>>> the former is with my son, and the latter is with Asif. Somehow, I
>> cannot
>>>> bring myself to sell them, as they are such beautiful examples of
>>>> mechanical perfection. These are just record shots with no pretense at
>>>> perfection:
>>>> 
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/OddsAndEnds/Cameras/
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jayanand
>>>> 
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