Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:10:10 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Kobrin wrote: >At 01:48 PM 9/23/98 -0400, you wrote: >>I'd like to start carrying around my IIIf more, and I have some >questions about its "ease of use." First of all, this is a great thread! I have a fascination with screwmount Leicas, and this has been most interesting and informative. >That brings up a more general point. Much of the discussion on >the >LUG involves the M6 and the newest lenses. I wonder how many of us >use older Leicas with lenses of the same vintage regularly. My only Leica at the moment is an M3 vintage 1959. My lenses are a 1958 DR Summicron, 1959 Summaron-RF f/2.8, and 1960-something 135 Elmarit. The new lenses are doubtless better, but for the level of my interest in photography, I can't justify the cost of the newer ones. Besides, I'm devoted to old technologies: tubes, fountain pens, antique cars, Leica rangefinders--in sum, the finer things in life! <g> /*------------------------------------------------------------- ** ** Howard Sanner ** Kirsten Flagstad Discographer ** Ampex Mailing List Founder ** flagstad@sysnet.net ** */