Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New, kind, gentle, non offensive, P.C. subject
From: ottmar-x@t-online.de (Keith Bingman)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:45:43 +0100

Andre Jean Quintal wrote:

> Doesn't ANYBODY own a Kodak Retina or Retinette ?
>
> Always wondered how they performed and were like
> in real life use.
>

I have a  Retina IIIc, though it is really my wife's camera (she doesn't
like those new fangled things). It has a lovely Scheidner 50mm f2 lens
on it and does some wonderful stuff in BW. The light meter doesn't work
anymore and even in it's prime wasn't that great, but it is a fun camera
nonetheless.

Strangely enough, my ex-girlfriend collected Retinas, mostly found at
thrift stores for $5-10. Lucky thing. Now she has some offbeat cameras.
Last time I saw her, her favorite war an old Balda rangefinder.

And I'm with Walt, I always wanted an Alpa 6c -10d,too. They are just
lovely old hunks of metal.

Keith Bingman