Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > Are there any other such stories out there? > << After using an Argus C-3 for a couple of years, I bought my first Leica (used) in 1948 from a local photog who had bought it in Rio de Janeiro in 1933, the year of my birth! It was a model II (D) with an Elmar 50mm f 3.5 lens. In those days, the fastest film we had was Kodak's Super XX, ASA 100. Since the camera was not flash-synced, I soon learned to shoot virtually everything using available light. Speeds less than 1 second were routine, many of them estimated, as the camera has 1/20 second as its slowest speed. So available-light shooting became a way of life, still practiced today, using the same II (D) and a IIIC with f 2 Summicron and a CL. The only problem now is that I'm rather more shaky, due to age and arthritis! But films are faster, so it all works out. That, and the adroit use of the technique of "hyperfocal distance" settings for action shots, probably were the most useful "Leica-specific" skills I ever learned. -- "Start off every day with a smile and get it over with." --W.C.Fields Tom R. Rice tomrice@netcom.com CIS: 71160,1122